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Within the bailey were placed the other buildings necessary to the castle in its rôle as fortress , residence and , very often , the administrative centre of a district — a hall for meals , which was also the centre of social life and ...
Within the bailey were placed the other buildings necessary to the castle in its rôle as fortress , residence and , very often , the administrative centre of a district — a hall for meals , which was also the centre of social life and ...
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The hall was the most important secular building within the bailey and the centre of normal domestic life at least for the garrison . In plan the great hall changed very little throughout the Middle Ages , whether it stood within the ...
The hall was the most important secular building within the bailey and the centre of normal domestic life at least for the garrison . In plan the great hall changed very little throughout the Middle Ages , whether it stood within the ...
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The castle is a compact , quadrangular structure , with lofty walls flanked and overtopped by four massive rectangular towers , placed one at each corner , and two lesser rectangular towers , one in the centre of each longer side .
The castle is a compact , quadrangular structure , with lofty walls flanked and overtopped by four massive rectangular towers , placed one at each corner , and two lesser rectangular towers , one in the centre of each longer side .
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