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Type of castle near enemy territory
Counter-castles were built in the Middle Ages to counter the power of a hostile neighbour or as a siege castle, that is, a fortified base from which attacks
Counter-castle
Fortified structure
structure above. Building a castle on a rock outcrop or surrounding it with a wide, deep moat helped prevent this. A counter-mine could be dug towards the
Castle
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
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
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
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)
Castle in Germany
was built as a counter-castle during the medieval Eltz Feud in the Moselle region. Trutzeltz stands just 230; meters north of Eltz Castle and 40; meters
Trutzeltz_Castle
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
Defensive structure; typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes
and positioned at different heights to slow attackers and expose them to counter-attacks from defenders above. This was particularly effective with the
Palisade
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
Cage full of rock
Corbeille Leonard ("Leonard[o] basket") for the foundations of the San Marco Castle in Milan. The Maccaferri family produced sack-shaped gabions starting in
Gabion
Fortresses constructed primarily by stone or wood in earlier Japanese history
tactics to employ or counter them. Unlike in Europe, where the advent of the cannon spelled the end of the age of castles, Japanese castle-building was spurred
Japanese_castle
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
WorldAtlas. Retrieved 8 August 2025. "Star Forts". Types of Castle and The History of Castles. Castle and Manor Houses Resources. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
Bastion_fort
Area-denial weapon
Wayback Machine, March 1963. Turnbull, Stephen (22 April 2008). Japanese Castles AD 250–1540. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9781846032530. Retrieved 2018-04-02 –
Caltrop
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List_of_castles
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
Defensive military storage fortification
housed the crews serving the weapons, protected the ammunition against counter-battery fire, and in numerous examples also protected the guns themselves
Bunker
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
Ruined castle in Oxfordshire, England
to take the castle despite building a powerful counter-castle to the east, opposite Wallingford at Crowmarsh Gifford, and building castles to the west
Wallingford_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
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
Placename element in Welsh meaning "stronghold", "fortress", or "citadel"
Welsh as Caer Seiont from its position on the Seiont; the later Edwardian castle and its community were distinguished as Caer yn Arfon ("fort in Arfon",
Caer
Defensive bank or wall surrounding a fortified site, such as a castle or settlement
length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site. It is usually broad-topped
Rampart_(fortification)
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
Triangular fortification
called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall. The ravelin is the oldest and
Ravelin
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
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
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
Fortification
normally in stone, would be described as a parapet or the battlement of a castle wall. In warships, a breastwork is the armored superstructure in the ship
Breastwork_(fortification)
Fortified tower built in the Middle Ages
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep
Keep
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
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
Fortified yard in a medieval castle
curtain wall. In particular, a medieval type of European castle is known as a motte-and-bailey. Castles and fortifications may have more than one bailey, and
Bailey_(castle)
Small tower or aqueduct tank in ancient Rome
castellum aquae/castellum divisorium). It is the source of the English word "castle". Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary C. Julius Caesar
Castellum
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
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 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
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
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
Outer side of a ditch or moat in a fortification
Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle Curtain Drawbridge Enceinte Embrasure Flanking tower Fortified
Counterscarp
Defensive structure used in fortifications
defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with defensive
Fortified_tower
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
Civil war in England and Normandy (1138–1153)
126. Another feature of the war was the creation of many "counter-castles". or "siege castles". At least 17 such sites have been identified through documentary
The_Anarchy
Military defensive construction
There is also an intermediate branch known as semipermanent fortification. Castles are fortifications which are regarded as being distinct from the generic
Fortification
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
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)
Small tower that projects vertically from a building's wall; often a fortification
year 1300 from touret which meant "small tower rising from a city wall, castle, or other larger building." Touret came from the Old French term torete
Turret_(architecture)
Part of a medieval fortification
XIe au XVIe siècle Ghibelline merlons at Saint-Pierre Castle, Italy Guelphs merlons in the Castle of Montechino, Italy After falling out of favour when
Merlon
Protective dome for housing aircraft
operations. The Swedish Air Force Rangers were also raised specifically to counter the threat of infiltrating enemy special forces. Index of aviation articles
Hardened_aircraft_shelter
Iron Age type of settlement
Colchester Durovernum Cantiacorum, forerunner of modern Canterbury Maiden Castle, Dorset, England Noviomagus Reginorum, forerunner of modern Chichester Ratae
Oppidum
Type of moveable bridge
draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat. In some forms of English, including American
Drawbridge
own right. Most counter-castles were destroyed after their use but in some cases the earthworks survived, such as the counter-castles called Jew's Mount
Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
Castles_in_Great_Britain_and_Ireland
Fortified refuge or defended settlement on a rise of elevation
articulated remains of between 28 and 40 men, women and children at Cadbury Castle were thought by the excavator to implicate the Cadbury population in a revolt
Hillfort
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
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)
Fortification, usually dating from the Iron Age
Cornish promontory forts can be found all along the coast of Penwith. Maen Castle, near to Land's End is one of the oldest, having been dated to around 500
Promontory_fort
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
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
Gate set within a city wall
Captain General Íñigo de la Mota Sarmiento. In San Juan, the main gate of the Castle San Felipe del Morro, built between 1589 and 1650. Cuba: In Havana, a World
City_gate
Medieval infrastructure
Forte Spagnolo (L’Aquila, Italy) Castello di San Giusto (Triest, Italy) Counter castle Zwingenburg A Concise History of Brandenburg-Prussia to 1786 by Otis
Coercion_castle
Chinese rural dwellings
strips for lateral binding, rendering it as solid as that of a Western castle's. In 1934, a group of uprising peasants of Yongding County occupied a tulou
Fujian_tulou
Main defensive enclosure of a fortification
that refers to the "main defensive enclosure of a fortification". For a castle, this is the main defensive line of wall towers and curtain walls enclosing
Enceinte
Land warfare involving static fortification of lines
matched those of the attackers, as vast reserves were expended in costly counter-attacks or exposed to the attacker's massed artillery. There were periods
Trench_warfare
Opening in a battlement
as possible to reach them. There are embrasures especially in fortified castles and bunkers. The generic term of loophole is gradually abandoned because
Embrasure
Ground obstacle to slow an attacking force
at an angle of the ditch, where defenders could assemble for a sally or counter attack. Border barrier Hogg, Ian V (1975) Fortress: A History of Military
Ditch_(fortification)
Stone enclosure with vitrified walls
Gatehouse of Fleet; NX 589 560 Tap o' Noth, Aberdeenshire; NJ 484 293 Dunnideer Castle, Aberdeenshire Cowdenknowes, in Berwickshire; NT 585 370 For a long time
Vitrified_fort
Type of booby trap
the flower of the same name. Later Roman examples can be seen at Rough Castle on the Antonine Wall in Great Britain. Wyley, Stephen; Steven Lowe (2004-07-20)
Trou_de_loup
Type of gun emplacement
castle Rocca Rock castle Spur castle Water castle Floating water castle By role Border barrier Coastal defence Coercion castle Counter-castle Fence Ganerbenburg
Barbette
Space protecting occupants from radioactive debris
less space than water stored in smaller bottles. Commercially made Geiger counters are expensive and require frequent calibration. It is possible to construct
Fallout_shelter
Entry control building
building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses
Gatehouse
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
terrain, defensive walls such as letzis were used in combination with castles to seal valleys from potential attack. Beyond their defensive utility,
Defensive_wall
Type of ancient or medieval fort in Britain and Ireland
Dundonald Dundrum, County Down Dundrum, Dublin Dungannon Dungarvan Dunluce Castle Dunmurry Portadown Many settlement and geographical names in Scotland are
Dun_(fortification)
Type of fortification
function as a sconce. Sconces played a major part in the Serbian Revolution, countering the numerical superiority of the Turkish army. Most notable cases are
Sconce_(fortification)
Type of fortification structure
Hurst Castle, Lymington, England Kyiv fortress Petersberg Citadel, Erfurt, Germany Poznań Fortress, Poland Sevastopol (Ukraine) Southsea Castle Spandau
Caponier
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
Rotatable weapon mount
castle Rocca Rock castle Spur castle Water castle Floating water castle By role Border barrier Coastal defence Coercion castle Counter-castle Fence Ganerbenburg
Gun_turret
Japanese architectural element
"scaffold". The word is most often seen in reference to structures in Japanese castle compounds but can be used in other situations as well. The bandstand tower
Yagura_(tower)
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
Secondary door or gate in a fortification
postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often placed in concealed locations, allowing
Postern
Small turret projecting from the top of towers or parapets
in 1946. Devil's Sentry Box, or the "Garita del Diablo", San Cristóbal Castle, in San Juan, Puerto Rico Bartizan of Fort del Fanal in Port-Vendres, Roussillon
Bartizan
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
Building set in a wildlife park or a hunting area
known as Jagdhäuser, were often built within larger complexes such as castle parks and gardens, within range of the Residenz of the owner. Amalienburg
Jagdschloss
Church built to serve a defensive role in times of war
specifically as fortress churches or Kirchenburgen (literally "church castles"). Most fortified churches date back to time periods in Europe that were
Fortified_church
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
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
Circular fortified settlements found in Northern Europe
Tlachta Tullahoge (Tulaigh Óg) Caer Bran Carlidnack Castle an Dinas Castle Dore Chûn Castle Helsbury Castle Kelly Rounds Penventinnie Round – well preserved
Ringfort
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 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
Fortified tower at a major gateway
medieval fortification. This may be a town or city wall, fortress, castle or castle chapel. The gate tower may be built as a twin tower on either side
Gate_tower
Explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
and they began inventing new types of mines as the Allies found ways to counter the existing ones. To make it more difficult to remove antitank mines,
Land_mine
Roman term for a fortified military base
castle Rocca Rock castle Spur castle Water castle Floating water castle By role Border barrier Coastal defence Coercion castle Counter-castle Fence Ganerbenburg
Castra
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
Place where people can go to protect themselves from blasts and explosions
and will be exposed to the blast wave, the edge of the door is normally counter-sunk in the frame so that the blast wave or a reflection cannot lift the
Blast_shelter
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
Castle located within medieval town
An urban castle (German: Stadtburg) is a castle that is located within a medieval town or city or is integrated into its fortifications. In most cases
Urban_castle
Style of medieval fortification
the top of a motte. In English castle morphology, shell keeps are perceived as the successors to motte-and-bailey castles, with the wooden fence around
Shell_keep
Schadeck Castle (German: Burg Schadeck) is a counter-castle which was built in opposition to the nearby Runkel Castle. It stands above the River Lahn in
Schadeck_Castle
Type of medieval residence
necessitated more austere, defensible types of structures.[citation needed] A castle is a type of particularly well-fortified residence.[citation needed] In
Fortified_house
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
Tower that was part of a medieval town wall or castle
European languages for a tower that was part of a medieval town wall or castle, often used as a prison or dungeon. The name is derived from the period
Witch_tower
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
Boy/Male
English
young horse;frisky.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : occupational name from Middle English pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose (Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with mortar where they overlapped.Possibly an altered form of German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
Surname or Lastname
Italian
Italian : from the title of rank conte ‘count’ (from Latin comes, genitive comitis ‘companion’). Probably in this sense (and the Late Latin sense of ‘traveling companion’), it was a medieval personal name; as a title it was no doubt applied ironically as a nickname for someone with airs and graces or simply for someone who worked in the service of a count.English : variant of Count, cognate with 1.French : nickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved pretentiously, from Old French conte, cunte ‘count’ (of the same derivation as 1).French (Conté) : variant of Comté (see Comte).
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese
Hunter; One who Hunts
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Connor, CONNER means "hound-lover."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Irish
Young Horse; Frisky; Part of a Plough
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pointer.
Girl/Female
English
Titled. Feminine equivalent of Count.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : occupational name for a treasurer or accountant, from Middle English counter (from Old French conteor).
Surname or Lastname
English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a hornblower or worker in horn, from an agent derivative of Old French corne ‘horn’ (see Corne).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hand mills, from an agent derivative of Old English cweorn ‘hand mill’ (see Corn 3).English : topographic name for someone who lived on the corner of two streets or tracks, (Middle English corner, from Old French cornier ‘angle’, ‘corner’).Americanized spelling of German Körner (see Koerner) or Swiss Korner.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, HUNTER means "hunter."
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Feminine Equivalent of Count; Titled
Boy/Male
English American
Hunter.
Surname or Lastname
English (northeastern counties)
English (northeastern counties) : unexplained. Compare Hedgepeth.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Borders)
English (mainly Borders) : from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker).Americanized spelling of various cognate or like-sounding names in other languages, notably German Junger and Junker, or Dutch Jonker.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English
A Huntsman; Hunter
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English : variant of Coster.The American military officer George Custer (1839–76) was a descendant of a German officer from Hesse by the name of Küster.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Hunter
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English contas(e), Old French contesse ‘countess’, applied as a nickname for a proud, haughty woman or for an effeminate or foppish man, or as an occupational name for a servant of a countess.
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Muslim
Bright, Shining
Girl/Female
Australian, Welsh
Divine Son
Female
English
Short form of English Peggy, PEG means "pearl."
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Get Victory from Others
Boy/Male
Gaelic, German, Irish
Strong; Oak-hearted
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kreema | கà¯à®°à®¿à®®à®¾à®‚
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ashruthi | à®…à®·à¯à®°à¯à®¤à¯€
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Taharka.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Sweet Heart; Loved Once
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
COUNTER CASTLE
pl.
of County
a.
Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.
adv.
A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
n.
An encounter.
a.
Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
a.
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
n.
An animal mounted; a monture.
adv.
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
n.
An avant-courier. See Van-courier.
a.
Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.
v. t.
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
n.
Same as Colter.
v. t.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
adv.
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
adv.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
a.
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
v. t.
An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.
n.
A counter.
n.
The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.