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Inside of an arrowslit, where an archer would stand, at Corfe Castle. Exterior view of arrowslits in the Bargate gatehouse in Southampton. An arrowslit (often also referred to as an arrow loop, loophole or loop hole, and sometimes a balistraria [1]) is a narrow vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows or a crossbowman can launch bolts.
A tower castle is a small castle that mainly consists of a fortified tower or a tower-like structure that is built on natural ground. It is thus different from the motte-and-bailey castle , which it may resemble, but whose main defensive structure is built on a motte or artificial hill.
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 ...
GDMC (short for Generative Design in Minecraft) is a programming competition to create procedurally generated settlements in Minecraft. [1] The competition is organized by academics from New York University , the University of Hertfordshire and the Queen Mary University of London .
Swallow's Nest, one of the Neo-Gothic châteaux fantastiques near Yalta. The Swallow's Nest (Ukrainian: Ластівчи́не гніздо́, romanized: Lastivchýne hnizdó) [nb 1] is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula.
The word turret originated in around the year 1300 from touret which meant “small tower rising from a city wall, castle, or other larger building.” [2] Touret came from the Old French term torete which is the diminutive form of tour, meaning “tower.” Tour dates back to the Latin word turris which also means “tower.”
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Hodé's castles, which combine medieval decorative elements with classical structures, exemplify a design approach previously observed in castles such as du Lude and Landifer in Baugé during the 16th century. [CD 10] The facades of the castle are adorned with numerous small sculptures created by Jacques Granneau, a student of David d'Angers ...