English Coast Defences
by George Clinch
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About this eBook
- Author
- Clinch, George, 1860-1921
- Title
- English Coast Defences From Roman Times to the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UG: Military science: Military engineering
- Subject
- Great Britain -- Defenses
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45884
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45884
- Release Date
- June 5, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ENGLISH COAST DEFENCES
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.PART I — PREHISTORIC CAMPS — THE ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN — THE COUNT OF THE SAXON SHORE — ROMAN COAST FORTRESSES — 1. Branodunum — 2. Gariannonum — 3. Othona — 4. Regulbium — 5. Rutupiae — 6. Dubris, Dover — 7. Portus Lemanis — 8. Anderida (Pevensey) — 9. Portus Magnus (Porchester) — Other Roman Coast Defences
- 6.PART II — THE SAXON SETTLEMENT OF ENGLAND — DANISH INCURSIONS AND CAMPS — THE NORMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND — NORMAN COAST CASTLES
- 7.PART III — MEDIAEVAL CASTLES AND WALLED TOWNS ON THE COAST
- 8.PART IV COAST DEFENCES UNDER HENRY VIII AND LATER — DEFENCES ON THE EAST COASTS OF KENT AND SUSSEX — DEFENCES OF THE ESTUARIES OF THE THAMES, THE MEDWAY, ETC. — DEFENCES OF THE SOUTH COAST
- 9.PART V MISCELLANEOUS DEFENCES — THE NAVY — THE CINQUE PORTS — DEFENSIVE CHAINS, ETC. — THE COASTGUARD
- 10.INDEX
- 11.FOOTNOTES:
- 12.Standard Architectural Books
- 13.Transcriber's Notes:
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