ringwork


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ringwork

(ˈrɪŋˌwɜːk)
n
a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
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Reigning Midlands welterweight champ Kaisee Benjamin, a fighter with talent to burn but not always the ringwork ethos to match that outstanding ability, cruised to points victory over Dulwich's Richard Samuels (1-6).
The monument comprises the remains of a well-preserved castle ringwork which dates to the medieval period (c.
The line of this frontier is traced using mottes, ringwork castles and early stone castles.
Just before the first large stone building rose at the castle in 1116, there was a complete circular ringwork with a wooden palisade on the top and wooden buildings contained within.
William's suppression of the south-western revolt of 1067-68 resulted in the construction of a large ringwork castle in the city of Exeter; the building of other castles in the region followed.
Len immediately points to the back injury that sidelined his boy in the summer, as well as the lack of ringwork he has suffered through his last fight being postponed in October.
Jacko watched the featherweight WBO champ do three rounds of ringwork and said: "I've watched his footwork and he's some dancer."
CILGERRAN CASTLE September 24 & 25, 11am-4pm The Normans first saw the potential and established an early 'ringwork' castle at Cilgerran, but the imposing masonry castle we see today was probably the work of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke.
AN intrepid gang of students from Archaeology Cymru on a very cold Friday morning, armed with warm clothes and the odd flask of coffee, visited the ringwork and church at Llanilid, near Pencoed.
The castle is believed to have been built as a ringwork castle with wooden palisades but subsequently rebuilt in locally quarried limestone and reddish sandstone during the late 13th or early 14th century probably by the de Braose family who held the castle for part of the 13th century.