
English Coast Defences / From Roman Times to the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century
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- ENGLISH COAST DEFENCES
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 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
- PART II
- THE SAXON SETTLEMENT OF ENGLAND
- DANISH INCURSIONS AND CAMPS
- THE NORMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND
- NORMAN COAST CASTLES
- PART III
- MEDIAEVAL CASTLES AND WALLED TOWNS ON THE COAST
- 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
- PART V MISCELLANEOUS DEFENCES
- THE NAVY
- THE CINQUE PORTS
- DEFENSIVE CHAINS, ETC.
- THE COASTGUARD
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
- Standard Architectural Books
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