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Beaumaris Castle in Wales was built in the late 13th century and is an example of concentric castles which developed in the late medieval period. Badajoz Castle of Topoľčany in Slovakia Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe , roughly from the fall ...
Many northern European castles were originally built from earth and timber but had their defences replaced later by stone. Early castles often exploited natural defences, lacking features such as towers and arrowslits and relying on a central keep. In the late 12th and early 13th centuries, a scientific approach to castle defence emerged.
Wareham Castle was built in the south-west corner of the old Anglo-Saxon earthworks, taking the form of a motte with an inner and outer bailey, protected with timber defences and a ditch. [9] The original size of the motte is not known; 18th- and 19th-century records suggest it was between 55 and 60 feet (17–18 m) across. [ 10 ]
Hillforts, ringforts or "raths" and ringworks all made use of ditch and rampart defences, and they are the characteristic feature of circular ramparts. The ramparts could be reinforced and raised in height by the use of palisades. This type of arrangement was a feature of the motte and bailey castle of northern Europe in the early medieval period.
Defense line of Amsterdam The Dutch Water Line , protecting the core provinces of the Netherlands , utilising the flooding of areas with water Elvas Fortifications , the largest bulwarked dry ditch system in the world, protecting the Portuguese garrison border town of Elvas
Castles (17 C, 14 P, 1 F) ... (5 C, 47 P) Pages in category "Medieval defences" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Wikipedia® is a ...
An example of this practice is the Romanian Bran Castle, which was intended to protect nearby Kronstadt (today's Braşov). The city walls were often connected to the fortifications of hill castles via additional walls. Thus the defenses were made up of city and castle fortifications taken together.
A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences. [1]