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Type of castle
A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing
Quadrangular_castle
Quadrangular castle in the village of Cooling, Kent
Cooling Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle in the village of Cooling, Kent on the Hoo Peninsula about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Rochester. It
Cooling_Castle
14th Century Northern English Castle
Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city Durham, and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough
Lumley_Castle
Acton Castle, Allerton Castle, Augill Castle, Avon Castle, Bell's Castle, Bolesworth Castle, Bude Castle, Castle Eden Castle, Castle Goring, Cave Castle, Cholmondeley
List_of_castles_in_England
Castle in North Yorkshire, England
Sheriff Hutton Castle is a ruined quadrangular castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England. The site of the castle is 10 miles (16 km)
Sheriff_Hutton_Castle
Fortified yard in a medieval castle
lines of the terrain where the castle was sited. Rectangular shapes are very common (as in castra and quadrangular castles). A particularly complex arrangement
Bailey_(castle)
14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England
against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer
Bodiam_Castle
Fortified structure
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually
Castle
Castle in North Yorkshire, England
Scrope family. The castle was built between 1378 and 1399 by Richard, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, and is an example of a quadrangular castle. The licence to
Bolton_Castle
Historical and architectural monument in the Khazar district in Baku
The Quadrangular Mardakan Fortress or the Great Mardakan Castle (Azerbaijani: Dördkünc Mərdəkan qalası or Azerbaijani: Böyük Mərdəkan qəsri; Persian:
Quadrangular Mardakan Fortress
Quadrangular_Mardakan_Fortress
Castle in Denmark
1888. In line with Flemish and Dutch Renaissance tradition, the quadrangular castle covering the entire area of the northern islet is built of red brick
Frederiksborg_Castle
Fortified tower built in the Middle Ages
a surge in castle building at the end of the 14th century. New castles at Raby, Bolton, and Warkworth Castle took the quadrangular castle styles of the
Keep
Fortresses constructed primarily by stone or wood in earlier Japanese history
Japanese castles (城, kun'yomi: shiro; on'yomi: jō) are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier
Japanese_castle
Defensive ditch surrounding a fortification or town
A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats
Moat
Medieval fortification
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a
Motte-and-bailey_castle
Raised bank of land or barrier
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Berm
Air defense towers used by Nazi Germany
tower during the battle. These towers, much like the keeps of medieval castles, were some of the safest places in a fought-over city and so the flak towers
Flak_tower
Pyramidal anti-tank obstacles
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Dragon's teeth (fortification)
Dragon's_teeth_(fortification)
Static anti-tank obstacle defense
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Czech_hedgehog
Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Mid Suffolk, United Kingdom
Wingfield Castle in the parish of Wingfield in Suffolk, England is a Grade I listed building which is now a fortified manor house and was the ancestral
Wingfield_Castle
Auchen Castle is a ruined 13th-century quadrangular castle situated near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1937
Auchen_Castle
Booby-trapped stake or spike
Reduit Ribat Ricetto Ringwork Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower castle Tower house Turret Viking ring fortress
Punji_stick
Type of fortification
A concentric castle is a castle with two or more concentric curtain walls, such that the outer wall is lower than the inner and can be defended from it
Concentric_castle
Central military fortification of a town
A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of city, meaning "little
Citadel
Type of barbed wire
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Concertina_wire
Type of fortress in Arab or Islamic regions
with its double wall and many fortifications. Its only parallel is the castle of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Examples of other alcazabas in Spain include
Kasbah
Flood control and military fortification barrier
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Hesco_bastion
Defensive structure; typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes
fire and siege weapons. Often, a palisade would be constructed around a castle as a temporary wall until a permanent stone wall could be erected. Both
Palisade
Area-denial weapon
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Caltrop
Parapet in which gaps or indentations occur at intervals
A battlement, in defensive architecture such as city walls and castles, is a parapet—a low protective wall between chest and head height—in which regularly
Battlement
Castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German
Hill_castle
Medieval stone fortress in Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
residences, however. The original castle was laid out in pentagonal plan. In the early 14th century, a small quadrangular stronghold was added, along with
Beverston_Castle
Underground structure for launching missiles
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Missile_launch_facility
Cage full of rock
Corbeille Leonard ("Leonard[o] basket") for the foundations of the Sforza Castle in Milan. The Maccaferri family produced sack-shaped gabions starting in
Gabion
Military defense formation
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Wagon_fort
Auxiliary defensive structure outside a larger fort
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Redoubt
Hill castle built on a summit
hilltop castle is a type of hill castle that was built on the summit of a hill or mountain. In the latter case it may be termed a mountaintop castle. The
Hilltop_castle
Outward structure of a fortification
exemplified by the campaigns of Charles VII of France who reduced the towns and castles held by the English during the latter stages of the Hundred Years War,
Bastion
Fortified outpost or gateway
or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive
Barbican
Small fortification with holes through which soldiers can fire ranged weapons
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Pillbox_(military)
Castle that is largely defended by water
A water castle, sometimes water-castle, is a castle which incorporates a natural or artificial body of water into its defences. It can be entirely surrounded
Water_castle
Prince Eugene of Savoy's castle in Croatia designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
north-eastern Croatia. The castle was commissioned by Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736). The design of the quadrangular castle can probably be attributed
Savoy_Castle,_Bilje
Defensive military storage fortification
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Bunker
Mexico Castles in the United States Castles in China Castles in India Castles in Iran Castles in Iraq Castles in Israel Castles in Japan Castles in Lebanon
List_of_castles
Ruined castle in Berkshire, England
in Great Britain and Ireland List of castles in England Historic England. "Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork. (1007926)"
Donnington_Castle
Type of earthwork constructed in a military context
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Defensive_fighting_position
Defensive wall between two bastions of a fortification
curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls surrounding
Curtain_wall_(fortification)
Prehistoric lake dwelling
County Clare, in the Irish National Heritage Park, County Wexford and at Castle Espie, County Down. In Scotland there are reconstructions at the "Scottish
Crannog
Castle on a spur
mountain. Cefnllys Castle in Wales, is a series of 2 castles in Wales. Castle Hill castle Hillside castle Hilltop castle Ridge castle The Oxford Encyclopedia
Spur_castle
Mesh of metal strips with sharp edges to prevent trespassing
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Razor_wire
Castle built into a natural cave
A cave castle (German: Höhlenburg) or grotto castle (German: Grottenburg) is a residential or refuge castle that has been built into a natural cave. It
Cave_castle
Heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications
medieval castles, securely closing them off during times of attack or siege. Every portcullis was mounted in vertical grooves in the walls of the castle and
Portcullis
Fort type
Béjaïa La Goulette Spanish fort of Chikly Island on the Lake of Tunis Red Castle of Tripoli The Presidio de Santiago, founded in 1593 in Intramuros, Manila
Presidio
Iron Age type of settlement
Colchester Durovernum Cantiacorum, forerunner of modern Canterbury Maiden Castle, Dorset, England Noviomagus Reginorum, forerunner of modern Chichester Ratae
Oppidum
Fortifications built during the middle ages
to suit new tactics, weapons, and siege techniques. Towers of medieval castles were usually made of stone, wood or a combination of both (with a stone
Medieval_fortification
Hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway
between levels.[citation needed] For example, the murder hole at Audley's Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland is located not over the main threshold
Murder_hole
Castle in North Yorkshire, England
is credited with building the west end of the castle in 1306. It was converted into a quadrangular castle between 1374 and 1388. It was visited by many
Cawood_Castle
Temporary military facility
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Fire_support_base
Type of fortified village in North Africa
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Ksar
Form of castle design common in Scotland and England
include Brodie Castle in Moray, Castle Menzies in Perthshire, Glenbuchat Castle in Aberdeenshire, Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Claypotts Castle in Dundee
Z-plan_castle
Type of fortification
or irregular in shape. The last blockhouse of this type was Cromwell's Castle, built in Scilly in 1651. Blockhouses were an ubiquitous feature in Malta's
Blockhouse
Type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure in Scotland
archaeologists regarded them as proto-castles where local landowners held sway over a subject population. However, the castle theory fell from favour among Scottish
Broch
Major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities
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Kremlin_(fortification)
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
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Bastion_fort
Defensive obstacle
common feature of medieval fortifications. They were used extensively in castle defenses and military campaigns, particularly during the Renaissance and
Cheval_de_frise
Type of medieval castle
the structure of the castle. Topographically, rock castles are classified as hill castles. By contrast with the usual hill castles, that utilize the bedrock
Rock_castle
Protective slope built into a fortification
[ɡlasi]) in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. They may be constructed of earth as a temporary
Glacis
Water castle which is built upon an island
The island castle, or insular castle, is a variation of the water castle. It is distinguished by its location on an artificial or natural island. It is
Island_castle
the dukes of Jülich, who had the existing building replaced by a quadrangular castle made from brick. After the occupation of Brüggen in 1794 by Napoleonic
Brüggen_Castle
Topics referred to by the same term
Mardakan Castle may refer to: Quadrangular castle (Mardakan) Round Castle (Mardakan) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Mardakan_Castle
Camouflaged one-man foxhole
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Spider_hole
Late 14th-century quadrangular castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
were so that they could continue to be used as roosts. A quadrangular castle, Wressle Castle was laid out with four ranges in a square around a courtyard
Wressle_Castle
Main defensive enclosure of a fortification
topography, whilst lowland castles more frequently have a regular rectangular shape, as exemplified by quadrangular castles.[citation needed] From the
Enceinte
Field fortification made of sharpened trees
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Abatis
Floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement
more common in French castles than English, where they are usually restricted to the gateway, as in the 13th-century Conwy Castle. Within France, machicolation
Machicolation
Fortified structure
Systems of coastal fortification; the first fully developed example being Castle Williams in New York Harbor which was started in 1807. In the early 19th
Casemate
Medieval Slavonic fortified settlement
and Czech hrad ("castle" in the modern language), or hradisko/hradiště/hradec, which are terms for gord Slovene gradec, grad ("castle" in modern Slovene)
Gord_(archaeology)
Measures to protect against a military attack by a coastline
Zeelandia or Anping Castle dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company. Others, such as Cihou Fort, Eternal Golden Castle, Hobe Fort, date more
Coastal defence and fortification
Coastal_defence_and_fortification
Type of circular fort built in Scandinavia in the Viking Age
fortresses. During the royally funded research project Kongens Borge (The Kings Castles), in 2010, Denmark applied for the admission of Trelleborg, Fyrkat and
Viking_ring_fortress
bastions preserved as a park Biržai Castle in Biržai Klaipėda Castle in Klaipėda Trakai Island Castle in Trakai Castle and Fortress in Kaunas Lithuanian
List_of_bastion_forts
Temporary wooden defensive structures
hoarding was a temporary wooden shed-like construction on the exterior of a castle during a siege that enabled the defenders to improve their field of fire
Hoarding_(castle)
Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs
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Stockade
Fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England
England considers the castle to be a "spectacular example of a late medieval quadrangular castle of the highest status". Kirby Muxloe Castle was built by William
Kirby_Muxloe_Castle
Palace in Budapest, Hungary
Budafok, a southwestern neighbourhood of Budapest, Hungary. The quadrangular castle was built between the vineyards on the hills on the right side of
Promontor_Palace
Type of fortification
famous lighthouse at Dover Castle, which survives to about half its original height as a ruin. In medieval Europe, many castles and manor houses, or similar
Watchtower
Weapon that automatically aims and fires at targets
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Sentry_gun
Space protecting occupants from radioactive debris
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Fallout_shelter
Type of gun emplacement
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Barbette
Type of fortified tower
in castles of the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries and in countries under German influence. Stephen Friar in the Sutton Companion to Castles describes
Bergfried
Small medieval fortified keep or tower house
towers against Scottish raiders. Some peles were converted to castles, such as Penrith Castle. Some towers are now derelict while others have been converted
Peel_tower
Semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
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Military_camp
Shock barrier to contain animals or people
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Electric_fence
Modular concrete or plastic barrier for separating vehicle traffic
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Jersey_barrier
Narrow vertical aperture in a fortification
of the castle wall, rather than all sides of the castle. In the 13th century, it became common for arrowslits to be placed all around a castle's defences
Arrowslit
Place of storage for ammunition or other explosive material
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Magazine_(artillery)
15th-17th century mobile fortification
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Gulyay-gorod
Type of stone structure, built for defensive and habitation purposes
many fine examples of medieval tower houses, including Drum Castle, Craigievar Castle and Castle Fraser, and in the unstable Scottish Marches along the border
Tower_house
Medieval castle in Warwickshire, England
Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from the 14th century, situated to the north of Maxstoke in Warwickshire, England. Maxstoke Castle was
Maxstoke_Castle
River barriers used during the American Revolutionary War
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Hudson_River_Chains
Underground home
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