A shield wall, also shield-wall or Schildmauer, refers to the highest and strongest curtain wall, or tower of a castle that defends the only practicable...

the ring wall on the Steeg valley side to the height of the chemin de ronde and a small piece of the inner or shield wall. The ruined castle became well...

defences such as moats or shield walls were usually unnecessary if the castle was surrounded by flowing water. Such castles could therefore be very easily...

The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site located in Gwynedd, Wales. It includes the castles of Beaumaris...

Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest...

War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and...

Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands...

the castle are being restored. Remains of the church Castle wall gate Sculpture of an archer View from the top floor View of the inside of the castle Well...

Sigmaringen Castle (German: Schloss Sigmaringen) was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Situated in...

Portuguese architecture. Its area is delineated by walls forming a pentagram, similar to a shield, that includes eight rectangular towers, military square...

and the massive shield wall in particular point to a construction date of around 1200. In the first half of the 13th century the castle was enfeoffed to...

finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". Inside the castle walls is the 15th-century St George's Chapel, considered by the historian John...

Green) Supply forts behind the wall include: Alauna (Maryport) Arbeia (South Shields) Coria (Corbridge) Epiacum (Whitley Castle near Alston) Vindolanda (Little...

to the four sections of the castle: Fireball, Shield, Trouble, and Black Knight. After collecting the Fireball and Shield, Duncan makes his way to the...

create the walled town of Conwy, the combined defences cost around £15,000, a massive sum for the period. Over the next few centuries, the castle played an...

garrison having just three shields, eight helmets, six lances, ten pairs of gloves, and four guns. At the end of 1404, the castle fell to Glyndŵr. Harlech...

The Castle of Púbol or Gala Dalí Castle House-Museum (Catalan: Castell de Púbol or Casa-Museu Castell Gala Dalí; Spanish: Castillo de Púbol or Casa-Museo...

and a shield wall with an attached chapel. The remains of an outer bailey are surrounded by a dry moat and a second shield wall. The castle is now a...

the housecarls in the English shield wall. The housecarls were replaced with members of the fyrd, and the shield wall held. Archers appear to have been...

century. It may have been shield-shaped on plan, comprising towers arranged around a courtyard, and linked by curtain walls and ranges of buildings. In...

protection for the castle behind it. The original entrance was over a drawbridge through the shield wall into the castle. In the castle gardens, rare herbs...

preserving the Teylingen Castle. The castle started as a round water castle of 37 m diameter with only a ring wall. The ring wall or enceinte dates from...

out in Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world and one of the official residences of the British Monarch. The castle suffered extensive...

Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains...

Since then, the castle has been in private ownership. The remains of the parts of the original curtain walls, the palas and the shield wall are still able...

Irish Shield and Monthly Milesian. s.n. p. 337 – via Internet Archive. King John's Castle (Carlingford. "Castles.nl - Carlingford Castle". "Castle works...

and expansion of the castle took place. The donjon was demolished, the entrance to the keep relocated and the northern shield wall was closed and raised...

is not clear whether there was a curtain wall – there is no evidence of one on the ground – but the castle would have been extremely hard to defend without...

Similar to the previous season, primary filming took place in Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, starting around September 21, 2023. In the second...

inside of the wall display Gothic elements. The attack side is guarded by a neck ditch hewn deep into the rock. Behind the shield wall rises a modest...