Dimensions
172 x 244 x 10mm
Castles are hugely appealing to all who love history, architecture, archaeology, heritage and landscape. Newcomers to the study of castles as well as more experienced researchers will find Stephen Friar's Companion essential reading. Informative, knowledgeable and wide-ranging, it contains over 1,000 entries on English and Welsh fortifications from the Bronze Age to the present. Entries cover early fortifications such as Bronze Age hillforts, Roman fortifications, signal stations, medieval, Tudor and Napoleonic castles and fortifications, siege warfare, beacons, telegraph systems, modern fortifications such as military roads, pill boxes, watch towers, and romantic revival castles such as Castell Goch and Castle Drogo.