. a is crenels crenellation

to be fired. fired. be to

, and a succession of merlons and and merlons of succession a and , a crenel

vertical opening with a round hole at the bottom which enabled canons canons enabled which bottom the at hole round a with opening vertical

The space between two merlons is called called is merlons two between space The

variety. A common form is the cross. Another common form is the thin thin the is form common Another cross. the is form common A variety.

architecture. architecture.

or archere, and sometimes a balistraria. Arrow slits come in a remarkable remarkable a in come slits Arrow balistraria. a sometimes and archere, or

battlement or crenellated parapet in medieval medieval in parapet crenellated or battlement

launching arrows. It is alternatively referred to as an arrow loop, loop hole, hole, loop loop, arrow an as to referred alternatively is It arrows. launching

is the solid upright section of a a of section upright solid the is A merlon

Drawbridge Battelment with crenels with Battelment Machicolation is a thin vertical aperture through which archers were were archers which through aperture vertical thin a is An arrow slit arrow

Barbican Arrowslit Arrowslit

supported the beams of a ceiling which has since collapsed. collapsed. since has which ceiling a of beams the supported Curtain Wall Curtain

Flanking tower Flanking

You can see lots of them in Castles, often hanging from walls, where they they where walls, from hanging often Castles, in them of lots see can You

or imaginary beasts. beasts. imaginary or

Covered Battlement Covered

stylised heads of humans, animals animals humans, of heads stylised Portcullis

but can also be carved with with carved be also can but

It often has a plain appearance, appearance, plain a has often It

Moat

Gardhouse

piece of stone. stone. of piece

Gatehouse or or Gatehouse is a structural structural a is or A

console corbel

Corbel no one was allowed to live above God. God. above live to allowed was one no

These could be used as small chapels, as as chapels, small as used be could These

building but does not reach to the ground. ground. the to reach not does but building

Lower Bailey Lower

Bartizan (Echaugette) Bartizan which projects from the main wall of a a of wall main the from projects which

window is a form of bay window window bay of form a is window An oriel

Allure or Walk-Walk or Allure

Main Bailey Main

Chemin de ronde, ronde, de Chemin

of a defensive wall. defensive a of

dropped on attackers at the base base the at attackers on dropped

stones, or other objects, could be be could objects, other or stones,

Outhouse Well

of a battlement, through which which through battlement, a of

between the supporting corbels corbels supporting the between

is a floor opening opening floor a is A machicolation

Chapel Watchtower

Oriel window Oriel Women’s appartments appartments Women’s

wall, which meant they had more room to swing. swing. to room more had they meant which wall,

Corps de logis or great hall hall great or logis de Corps them to swing their swords. Defenders had their sword hands on the outside outside the on hands sword their had Defenders swords. their swing to them

hand) against the interior curve of the wall and this made it very difficult for for difficult very it made this and wall the of curve interior the against hand) Keep or Donjon or Keep

meant that any attackers coming up the stairs had their sword hands (right (right hands sword their had stairs the up coming attackers any that meant

were often curved very narrowly and in a clockwise direction. This This direction. clockwise a in and narrowly very curved often were Staircases

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A Castle is the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. Often built on an a motte, an earthen mound with a flat top, or a prominent rock formation. Early Castles were often wooden constructions guarded by a palisade and tower. The first Keep or Donjons built from stones, appeared in the 10th century. This is the great tower and usually the most strongly defended point of a Castle. www.roadtripsaroundtheworld.com The Golden age of Medieval Castle is considered to be the 12th Century. In the 13th Century, defensive features were added to existing Castles, like towers, gateways, and curtain walls. Castle construction started to fade by the 15th-16th centuries, but existing Castles did not necessarily all fall out of use.