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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 ...
Although castle has not become a generic term for a manor house (like château in French and Schloss in German), many manor houses contain castle in their name while having few if any of the architectural characteristics, usually as their owners liked to maintain a link to the past and felt the term castle was a masculine expression of their ...
In medieval castles, the area surrounded by a curtain wall, with or without towers, is known as the bailey. [4] The outermost walls with their integrated bastions and wall towers together make up the enceinte or main defensive line enclosing the site.
Kinnersley Castle: Castle Medieval: Rebuilt 16–17th-century house on the site of a medieval castle. [215] Longtown Castle: Keep and bailey 12–13th century: Fragmentary ruins Circular keep. [216] Pembridge Castle: Keep and bailey 12–13th century: Partly habitable Private Reconstructed 20th century. [217] Snodhill Castle: Keep and bailey 11 ...
Name Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes Tour des Archives de Vernon: 1123 Ruins Keep survives. Château Gaillard: 1196-8 Ruins Built in 2 years by Richard the Lionheart, early concentric castle of advanced design. Château-sur-Epte: 11th century Ruins Château de Conches-en-Ouche: 11th century Ruins Begun 1034. Château de Gisors
The throne room at the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.. A throne room or throne hall is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure (usually a monarch) is set up with elaborate pomp—usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original notion of the ...
Particularly large towers are often the strongest point of the castle: the keep or the bergfried. As the gate is always a vulnerable point of a castle, towers may be built near it to strengthen the defences at this point. In crusader castles, there is often a gate tower, with the gate passage leading through the base of the tower itself. In ...
Plan of the outer and inner baileys of Alt-Trauchburg Castle (Germany). The Graben is the neck ditch, and to its right is the inner bailey, accessible over a wooden bridge. Topoľčany Castle with an inner and an outer bailey. The inner bailey or inner ward of a castle is the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle. [1]