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The strong - point and ' last resort ' of earliest castles , normally separate from first line of defence and often with direct communication to the field . A modern word , the earlier popular word was ' donjon ' while the contemporary ...
The strong - point and ' last resort ' of earliest castles , normally separate from first line of defence and often with direct communication to the field . A modern word , the earlier popular word was ' donjon ' while the contemporary ...
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It also tended to produce a communication bottleneck . KEEP , INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS Because of the superimposed accommodation of tower - keeps , communication can never have been convenient . It was sometimes made less so for ...
It also tended to produce a communication bottleneck . KEEP , INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS Because of the superimposed accommodation of tower - keeps , communication can never have been convenient . It was sometimes made less so for ...
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WATER - GATE Gave access to river or sea and thus to communications which were difficult to cut even during a siege . Most seem designed to facilitate provisioning but they could admit reinforcements or provide a means of escape .
WATER - GATE Gave access to river or sea and thus to communications which were difficult to cut even during a siege . Most seem designed to facilitate provisioning but they could admit reinforcements or provide a means of escape .
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