One type of Medieval tower for attacking fortifications was a turret. A turret featured lower areas for soldiers to stand and fire arrows, or throw stones. A turret was also called a rook, because of its high location on a castle.
A castle. A Martello Tower. A fort.
a medieval tower on a motte
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Fortification is a defensive structure, like a castle or fort. It may have extra high and thick walls to keep out the enemy. It may also have weapons built in to these walls as well. The Alamo is a good example of a fortification, so are the castles built back in the times of medieval knights.
Fortification is a defensive structure, like a castle or fort. It may have extra high and thick walls to keep out the enemy. It may also have weapons built in to these walls as well. The Alamo is a good example of a fortification, so are the castles built back in the times of medieval knights.
A vertical slit for archers in medieval fortification walls, with jambs deeply splayed toward the interior.Read more: arrow-loop-loophole-1it was like a jousting weapon
Medieval weapons were stored in armories. An armory could be a separate building, but could also be just a room in a castle, or at a city wall or other fortification.
The anagram is palisade, a wall of vertical stakes or timbers used as a fortification.
The tower of London
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The Tower of London was begun in 1078 0n the orders of William 1 on a site which originally was a Roman fortification, so is of international architectural and historical interest.
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