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a gun platform castle is a castle with a gun platform.
Caernarfon Castle is located at Castle Ditch, Caemarton, Gwynedd LL55 2AY, United Kingdom. The architect of the castle was James of Saint George.
The Gate House controls the entrance through the wall and into the castle. The castle is the name for the entire fortified building. The gate house, keep, chapel, wall (etc) are different parts of the castle.
it is a platform on a castle
Cleopatra never had a castle. She lived in a palace in the city of Alexandria. Castles were not in existence during the time that Cleopatra lived.
Ramparts are the top most part of a castle walkway
The ramparts.
A rampart is a protected fighting platform for castle defenders. A defensive bank of earth or rubble. Iis placed behind the crenellation.
The highest point of the castle is the keep!
Ramparts, or defensive walls, were often built around settlements or cities in ancient times. Their primary purpose was to act as an impenetrable barrier for attackers. From the top of ramparts, or from specially made 'arrow slit' windows, defenders could fire upon any intruders in relative safety. However, ramparts also were used often in daily life as a means of getting around a castle, town, or other settlement, and were sometimes utilized as storage spaces.
No. Its just a stone shell. All the ceilings have collapsed.
Our last barrage collapsed the castle's drawbridge.
The purpose of a castle is defense. The higher a castle more land can be seen from the ramparts, therefore, if any enemy is approaching they will be seen sooner. Another advantage is that it can better be seen from a distance and that is a show of power.
With a mote (most people couldn't swim then), a drawbridge, archers on top of the ramparts, hot water poured on top of the assailants (or other boiling liquids), permanent lookouts.
It could be either, because it is defined by the word it modifies. It is more likely an adjective phrase. E.g. A castle with a moat is harder to attack. It appears to be an adverb in the form: "The castle was originally built with a moat" although it seems to say that the castle was built 'using' a moat rather than featuring one.
Hamlet takes place in the 17th century in the 800's and the area is inside the castle in Elsinore, Denmark.
Gannock castle was a fortified manor house of motte and bailey construction. It had a moat and ramparts. It was pretty simple and probably took little time to build, but it seems the date of construction and the time needed for construction are unknown. It was built in the late 12th or early 13th century.