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    A ridge castle (German: Kammburg) was a medieval fortification built on a ridge or the crest of mountain or hill chain. It was one of several types of...
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    Connecticut, to the south, Bedford, New York, and North Castle to the west. In the early 17th century, Pound Ridge was inhabited by Native Americans who spoke the...
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    castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ordensburg Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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    By contrast, a ridge castle is only protected by steep terrain on two sides. A spur castle was one of several types of hill castle. Depending on the...
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    castle (Gipfelburg), that stands on the summit of a hill with steep drops on all sides. A special type is the rock castle or Felsenburg. Ridge castle...
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    Loki's Castle is a field of five active hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, located at 73 degrees north on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland...
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    name or to Scots *lang-rigg 'long ridge'. Drumlanrig Castle side on view looking at the right-hand side Drumlanrig Castle illustration in 1880 Original plan...
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    Cave castle Hill castle Hillfort Hillside castle Hilltop castle Island castle Lowland castle Marsh castle Moated castle Promontory fort Ridge castle Rocca...
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  • Castleridge is a residential neighbourhood in the northeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located east of the Calgary International Airport and is...
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  • homes to go up as part of $2B Koa Ridge project". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 21, 2019. Castle & Cooke Castle & Cooke Hawaii Dole Food Company history...
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    45778; 11.07583 Nuremberg Castle (German: Nürnberger Burg) is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center...
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  • Haig and Gravenstafel Ridge. Castle Mountain Resort was opened in 1965. It was the site of the 1975 Canada Winter Games. "Castle Mountain Stats". Archived...
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    Roman aqueduct or castellum aquae. It is the source of the English word "castle". Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary C. Julius Caesar...
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    sandstone ridge overlooking the valley. Part of the ancient walls still remain and now form part of the Ruthin Castle Hotel. Ruthin Castle occupies a...
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    North Ridge is a neighbourhood in Greater Accra, Ghana, bounded to the south by Castle Road. Kanda Highway serves as the district's western boundary, while...
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    listed building on the National Heritage List for England. The ridge, upon which the castle sits, forms the boundary between the counties of Cheshire and...
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    Neuschwanstein Castle consists of several individual structures which were erected over a length of 150 metres on the top of a cliff ridge. The elongate...
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    Nitt Witt Ridge is a house on two and a half acres in the coastal city of Cambria, California, United States. Artist and recluse Arthur "Art" Harold Beal...
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    Sahyun Castle (Arabic: قلعة صهيون), also known as the Castle of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qal'at Salah al-Din), is a medieval castle in...
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    "The Gospel and GAETTI". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 16, 2022. Ridge, Castle. "About | Gaetti Sports Academy". gaettisports.com. Retrieved April...
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    Burg Teck (redirect from Teck Castle)
    Kirchheim unter Teck (now in the district of Esslingen). The castle took its name from the Teckberg ridge, 2,544 feet (775 m) high, which it crowned. It was destroyed...
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    This means that the only readily accessible route to the castle lies to the east, where the ridge slopes more gently. The defensive advantage of such a site...
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    Bank barrow (redirect from Ridge mound)
    A bank barrow, sometimes referred to as a barrow-bank, ridge barrow, or ridge mound, is a type of tumulus first identified by O.G.S. Crawford in 1938....
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  • Koa Ridge is a town being developed by Castle & Cooke located near the center of the island of Oʻahu in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States...
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    Moydrum Castle (Irish: Caisleán Maigh Droma meaning "plain of the ridge") is a ruined castle situated in the locality of Moydrum, Ireland, just to the...
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    Purbeck Hills (redirect from Purbeck Ridge)
    Barrow Down. At Corfe Castle the hills are broken twice leaving a steep round hill between the ridges on which stood a medieval castle, guarding the only...
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    Castle Road separates West Ridge from the northern neighbourhood of North Ridge. The Accra branch of the British Council is located in West Ridge, off...
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    show in Scotland in almost 70 years. The castle is set on part of a prominent spine of rock known as the Gask Ridge, once the site of a line of Roman fortlets...
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  • protected as a National Historic Site since 2006. Katashida Castle was located on a mountain ridge called Shiroyama, 256 meters above sea level, on the left...
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    the main island of Bermuda, and attacking vessels from slipping through Castle Harbour and the channel between Ferry Reach and Coney Island. The main channel...
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