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Curtain wall which defends the only practical line of approach to a hill castle
A shield wall, also shield-wall or Schildmauer, refers to the highest and strongest curtain wall, or tower of a castle that defends the only practicable
Shield_wall_(castle)
12th-century fortified castle in Bacharach, Germany
the ring wall on the Steeg valley side to the height of the chemin de ronde and a small piece of the inner or shield wall. The ruined castle became well
Stahleck_Castle
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)
Water castle which is built upon an island
defences such as moats or shield walls were usually unnecessary if the castle was surrounded by flowing water. Such castles could therefore be very easily
Island_castle
Defensive structure used in fortifications
or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with defensive walls such
Fortified_tower
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
defensive walls such as letzis were used in combination with castles to seal valleys from potential attack. Beyond their defensive utility, many walls also
Defensive_wall
and the massive shield wall in particular point to a construction date of around 1200. In the first half of the 13th century the castle was enfeoffed to
Hohenecken_Castle
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 in Frenkendorf, Switzerland
shield wall. One corner of the wall was protected by a semi-circular avant-corps. Inside the shield wall, the castle tower and residence hall were rectangular
Alt-Schauenburg_Castle
14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England
War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and
Bodiam_Castle
World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom
The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site located in North West Wales (specifically Gwynedd until
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Castles_and_Town_Walls_of_King_Edward_in_Gwynedd
Japanese manga series
except Miki and keeps up a cold exterior represented visually as ice palace walls, which causes her to be dubbed "The Ice Queen" by her fellow students. However
The_Ramparts_of_Ice
protection for the castle behind it. The original entrance was over a drawbridge through the shield wall into the castle. In the castle gardens, rare herbs
Neuscharfeneck_Castle
Fortified structure
features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries
Castle
Ruined castle in Oberkirch, Germany
and a shield wall with an attached chapel. The remains of an outer bailey are surrounded by a dry moat and a second shield wall. The castle is now a
Schauenburg Castle (Oberkirch)
Schauenburg_Castle_(Oberkirch)
Castle built on the side of a hill
site from attacks on the castle from the rising ground above it, this weak point is usually strongly protected by a shield wall or a Bergfried. Often a
Hillside_castle
Medieval castle in Guimarães, Portugal
Portuguese architecture. Its area is delineated by walls forming a pentagram, similar to a shield, that includes eight rectangular towers, military square
Castle_of_Guimarães
Enclosure castle in County Louth, Ireland
Irish Shield and Monthly Milesian. s.n. p. 337 – via Internet Archive. King John's Castle (Carlingford. "Castles.nl - Carlingford Castle". "Castle works
King John's Castle (Carlingford)
King_John's_Castle_(Carlingford)
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
1986 video game
navigate the four sections of the castle: Fireball, Shield, Trouble, and Black Knight. After collecting the Fireball and Shield, Duncan proceeds to the Black
Dark_Castle
Grade I listed building in Conwy, Wales
create the walled town of Conwy, the combined defences cost around £15,000, a massive sum for the period. Over the next few centuries, the castle played an
Conwy_Castle
Fortresses constructed primarily by stone or wood in earlier Japanese history
a museum, though it does retain many of its original stone walls. The character for castle, '城', is pronounced shiro (its kun'yomi) when used as a standalone
Japanese_castle
also known as the Shield of Tirana, is the coat of arms of Tirana, features a shield with a clock tower and lion beneath a castle. The coat of arms was
Coat_of_arms_of_Tirana
Hill castle in Gemünden am Main, Germany
Of the former castle, all that has survived is the castle gate in the southeast, part of the shield wall (once joined to the town walls in a continuous
Scherenburg_Castle
1954 U.S. thermonuclear weapon test in the Marshall Islands
Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Castle_Bravo
Defensive fortification in Roman Britain
Green) Supply forts behind the wall include: Alauna (Maryport) Arbeia (South Shields) Coria (Corbridge) Epiacum (Whitley Castle near Alston) Vindolanda (Little
Hadrian's_Wall
Castle in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sigmaringen Castle (German: Schloss Sigmaringen) was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Situated in
Sigmaringen_Castle
Parapet in which gaps or indentations occur at intervals
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
Defensive bank or wall surrounding a fortified site, such as a castle or settlement
architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.
Rampart_(fortification)
Protective slope built into a fortification
engines from weakening defensive walls. Hillforts in Britain started to incorporate glacis around 350 BC. Those at Maiden Castle, Dorset were 25 metres (82 ft)
Glacis
Booby-trapped stake or spike
Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower castle Tower house Turret Viking ring fortress Wall tower Bailey (or ward)
Punji_stick
Fortified outpost or gateway
connected them to defensive walls with a walled road called the neck. Barbicans would thus control the entrance to a city or castle at the "choke point". In
Barbican
ten-metre-high shield wall with its wooden wall walk and tiled roof was integrated into the early mediaeval enceinte. The buildings in the castle courtyard
Gräfenberg Castle (Aschaffenburg)
Gräfenberg_Castle_(Aschaffenburg)
Museum in Catalonia, Spain
architectural ensemble of the Castle is formed by the current parochial church, the fortified mansion-palace surrounded by a walled garden and the attached
Castle_of_Púbol
Fictional world created by George R. R. Martin
series' Castle Black and the Wall were filmed in the abandoned Magheramorne Quarry near Belfast, Northern Ireland, whereas the scenes shot atop the wall were
World of A Song of Ice and Fire
World_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
Medieval fortification
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 walled courtyard
Motte-and-bailey_castle
Castle on a spur
topography, a spur castle may have relied mainly on its inaccessible position or may have integrated further features such as shield walls and towers into
Spur_castle
Castle in Alicante, Spain
the castle are being restored. Remains of the church Castle wall gate Sculpture of an archer View from the top floor View of the inside of the castle Well
Santa_Bàrbara_Castle
Defensive structure; typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes
Often, a palisade would be constructed around a castle as a temporary wall until a permanent stone wall could be erected. Both the ancient Greeks and Romans
Palisade
Type of fortified tower
to perform a similar function to the shield wall. This was particularly the case with castles in which shield wall and bergfried were interconnected to
Bergfried
Pyramidal anti-tank obstacles
Germans made extensive use of them on the Siegfried Line and the Atlantic Wall. Typically, each tooth was 90 to 120 cm (3 to 4 ft) tall. Land mines were
Dragon's teeth (fortification)
Dragon's_teeth_(fortification)
Part of a medieval fortification
style of the 19th century. Defensive walls Machicolation Friar, Stephen (2003). The Sutton Companion to Castles, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2003, p. 202
Merlon
Fortified tower built in the Middle Ages
design, a castle would include a mound called a motte, usually artificially constructed by piling up turf and soil, and a bailey, a lower walled enclosure
Keep
Secondary door or gate in a fortification
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
Castle in Germany
inside of the wall display Gothic elements. The attack side is guarded by a neck ditch hewn deep into the rock. Behind the shield wall rises a modest
Breitenstein_Castle
castle comprises an irregular, pentagonal fortification with a mighty shield wall, into which a square bergfried with a garderobe has been integrated.
Liebenzell_Castle
of Sterrenberg Castle until the second half of the 13th century. From this early period, the bergfried and the first, inner shield wall have survived.
Sterrenberg Castle (Rhineland)
Sterrenberg_Castle_(Rhineland)
Fortress in Hesse, Germany
and expansion of the castle took place. The donjon was demolished, the entrance to the keep relocated and the northern shield wall was closed and raised
Auerbach_Castle
Iron Age type of settlement
Fortification: The settlement is surrounded by a (ideally uninterrupted) wall, usually consisting of three elements: a facade of stone, a wooden construction
Oppidum
Cage full of rock
Among the most common civil engineering uses are erosion control, retaining walls, and impact attenuation; in the military gabions commonly protect forward
Gabion
Official country residence of British monarch
finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". Inside the castle walls is the 15th-century St George's Chapel, considered by the historian John
Windsor_Castle
Folly castle in Worcestershire, England
middle window is a Gothic arched doorway which are three shield reliefs. The towers and curtain walls are faced with sandstone some of which may well have
Castle_in_Hagley_Park
Architectural feature
external wall or castle enceinte that is open, or only lightly constructed, at the rear. Towers of this type were used, for example, in city walls. City
Half_tower
Type of fortress in Arab or Islamic regions
Taifa period in Al-Andalus, with its double wall and many fortifications. Its only parallel is the castle of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Examples of
Kasbah
Space protecting occupants from radioactive debris
up, or the sill raised to reduce the hole in the shielding formed by the wall. Gaps in the shielding can be blocked using containers of water. While water
Fallout_shelter
Battle between English and Normans in 1066
the housecarls in the English shield wall. The housecarls were replaced with members of the fyrd, and the shield wall held. Archers appear to have been
Battle_of_Hastings
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
Static anti-tank obstacle defense
hedgehogs. Czech hedgehogs were part of the German defenses of the Atlantic Wall. During the invasion of Normandy, the Allies cut up sizable numbers of intact
Czech_hedgehog
Auxiliary defensive structure outside a larger fort
Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower castle Tower house Turret Viking ring fortress Wall tower Bailey (or ward)
Redoubt
Historical Landmark in Germany
exists. Just as with the Virneburgs' castle of Löwenburg above Monreal, in front of the Bergfried was a shield wall, which has largely survived and is about
Virneburg_Castle
Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs
enclosure of palisades and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a defensive wall. Stockade is derived from the
Stockade
Defensive ditch surrounding a fortification or town
were excavated around castles and other fortifications as part of the defensive system as an obstacle immediately outside the walls. In suitable locations
Moat
Castle in Barletta, Italy
he had the first town wall built, within which the settlement was divided into the two nuclei of Santa Maria, near the castle and the ancient mother
Castle_of_Barletta
Castle in Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal
the Quarteira River. It is believed to be one of the original castles that occupy the shield of the Portuguese national flag. Around the middle of the 2nd
Castle_of_Paderne
Flood control and military fortification barrier
fabric liner and is used as a temporary to semi-permanent levee or blast wall against small-arms fire or explosives. It has been used in military applications
Hesco_bastion
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
corners of the walls. These outcroppings eliminated protected blind spots, called "dead zones", and allowed fire along the curtain wall from positions
Bastion_fort
Castle in Germany
Since then, the castle has been in private ownership. The remains of the parts of the original curtain walls, the palas and the shield wall are still able
Elmstein_Castle
Fortified yard in a medieval castle
typically enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, a medieval type of European castle is known as a motte-and-bailey. Castles and fortifications may have
Bailey_(castle)
Medieval castle in Algarve, Portugal
who ordered the restoration of the fortifications, including the walls of the castle. Designs were executed in 1509-1510, by Duarte de Armas, with several
Castle_of_Castro_Marim
Storyline by Marvel Comics
the Shield, a massive wall that protects Doom's realm from outside horrors. Thor of Higher Avalon and Old Thor escort Baron James to the Shield, where
Secret_Wars_(2015_comic_book)
1987 computer game
in Beyond Dark Castle, the player sees Duncan approaching a fireplace and mantle. Duncan attempts to remove a nearby torch from the wall, only to have
Beyond_Dark_Castle
Fortifications built during the middle ages
during the Middle Ages and because of this many cities fortified their walls and castles to defend against the use of siege engines by their attackers1. Many
Medieval_fortification
impressive remains of the mighty shield wall and the palas are still visible. In addition, a neck ditch, several wall remains and a huge rock cellar have
Ramburg
Hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway
machicolations, were often located in the curtain walls of castles, fortified manor houses, and city walls. The parapet would project over corbels so that
Murder_hole
Raised bank of land or barrier
a parapet or defensive wall and an adjacent steep-walled ditch or moat. It was intended to reduce soil pressure on the walls of the excavated part to
Berm
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)
Castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that feature stone walls
Ryukyu Islands, gusuku (グスク, 御城; Okinawan: gushiku) are castles and fortresses that feature stone walls. The origin of gusuku remain controversial. The Gusuku
Gusuku
Grade I listed castle in Cardiff, Wales
12th century the castle began to be rebuilt in stone, probably by Robert of Gloucester, with a shell keep and substantial defensive walls being erected.
Cardiff_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
stone walls of the high- to post-medieval castle remain. The ruins are some of the best preserved in the Allgäu region of Germany. The hilltop castle probably
Alt-Trauchburg_Castle
Roman term for a fortified military base
designed with a standardized layout, including a rectangular plan, defensive walls, gates, and internal streets arranged in a grid pattern, reflecting Roman
Castra
Fortified structure
referring to antiquity, the term "casemate wall" means a double city wall with the space between the walls separated into chambers, which could be filled
Casemate
Castle in Transylvania, Romania
actual history of Vlad the Impaler. The castle in 2012 Southern front from the foot of the cliff The eastern shield wall, view from the main walkway View towards
Bran_Castle
Main defensive enclosure of a fortification
defensive enclosure of a fortification". For a castle, this is the main defensive line of wall towers and curtain walls enclosing the position. For a settlement
Enceinte
Drachenfels. The name of the castle could have come from the dragon carved in the sandstone wall of the old great hall of the castle. However, because it has
Drachenfels_Castle_(Wasgau)
Defensive military storage fortification
radiation shielding, and the negative pressure is usually only 1⁄3 of the overpressure. The doors must be at least as strong as the walls. The usual
Bunker
Type of barbed wire
Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower castle Tower house Turret Viking ring fortress Wall tower Bailey (or ward)
Concertina_wire
Device Fort in Hampshire, England
to gather enough funds to repair and strengthen the sea walls around the castle. Hurst Castle was built as a consequence of international tensions between
Hurst_Castle
Castle ruins in North Yorkshire, England
is not clear whether there was a curtain wall – there is no evidence of one on the ground – but the castle would have been extremely hard to defend without
Whorlton_Castle
Small turret projecting from the top of towers or parapets
échauguette, or spelled bartisan, is an overhanging turret projecting from the walls of late-medieval and early-modern fortifications from the early 14th century
Bartizan
Floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement
defenders can target attackers who have reached the base of the defensive wall. A smaller related structure that only protects key points of a fortification
Machicolation
Temporary wooden defensive structures
on the exterior of a castle during a siege that enabled the defenders to improve their field of fire along the length of a wall and, most particularly
Hoarding_(castle)
Building in Ljubljana, Slovenia
04889; 14.50833 Ljubljana Castle (Slovene: Ljubljanski grad, German: Laibacher Schloss) is a castle complex standing on Castle Hill above downtown Ljubljana
Ljubljana_Castle
Type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure in Scotland
In archaeology, a broch /brɒx/ is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic
Broch
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard
List of motte-and-bailey castles
List_of_motte-and-bailey_castles
Ruined castle in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
considerably altered the castle's defences with the construction of a thick shielding tower, a barbican and a new gate. The old shield wall was torn down and
Château_de_Salm
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
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
Underground structure for launching missiles
Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower castle Tower house Turret Viking ring fortress Wall tower Bailey (or ward)
Missile_launch_facility
Military defense formation
Conestoga wagons. One of the earliest written claims of using conjoined mobile shields as fortification is described in the Chinese historical record Book of
Wagon_fort
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