English Medieval Castles

amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire