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What is a bastille?
A bastille is a castle tower or fortified building, or a prison or jail.
What is the definition of a keep from Medieval Times?
In medieval times, a Keep is a fortified tower found within a castle. It was usually the most fortified interior part of the castle and was used as a last line of defense, where the nobility would hole themselves up in with their guards should the outer castle be taken.
What was the purpose of a castles donjon?
a keep and its the most important part in the castle
What is a barbacan?
A barbacan is an archaic term for a barbican, a tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town, or a fortress at the end of a bridge.
What was the mote used for in medivel times?
In a motte-and-bailey castle - the motte is a fortified tower standing on a raised mound.
When was The Fortified Castle created?
The Castle in the Forest was created in 2007.
What is to church as tower is to castle?
Steeple is to church as tower is to castle.
What is a tower on a castle?
the tower on a castle is called a turret!
What is a Fortified structure around entrance to castle?
Gatehouse
What are facts about the Vianden castle?
The Vianden castle was one of the largest fortified castles west of Rhine.
How did soldiers within the siege tower get from the tower to the top of the castle wall?
The tower was built with platforms often about 10 feet apart. These were connected by ladders so the attacking soldiers could climb up inside the siege tower right to the top and jump onto the castle walls.
What is a castle or manor house?
A castle was a fort, and a manor house was the home of the lord of an estate. They were not the same thing; though a manor house could be fortified, and if it were looked very like a castle; and a castle could be used by the lord of an estate as his home. A castle usually had a curtain wall and a ward or courtyard, and a fortified manor usually did not, and that might distinguish a castle used as a home from a fortified manor house. Oh heck, the difference depended on what the lord called it.
