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    Z-plan is a form of castle design common in Scotland and England. The Z-plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached...
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    Brodie Castle is a well-preserved Z-plan castle located about 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometres) west of Forres, in Moray, Scotland. The castle is a Category A...
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  • Z Plan or Plan Z may refer to: Hypothesis Z, sometimes called Plan Z, the first Romanian plan for World War I Plan Z, a plan for re-equipment and expansion...
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    Castle Fraser is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in Scotland and one of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the Aberdeenshire...
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    An L-plan castle is a castle or tower house in the shape of an L, typically built from the 13th to the 17th century. This design is found quite frequently...
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  • nickname "Z" Z flag, one of the international maritime signal flags Z-plan castle, a form of castle design common in England and Scotland Z (cartoonist) Z (joke...
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    Cairnbulg Castle is a z-plan castle situated in Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was described by W. Douglas Simpson as one of the nine castles of the...
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    it was purchased and restored by an architect. The original castle was built on a Z-plan and is unusual in having one round tower and one rectangular...
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    Cluny Castle was originally built c.1604 as a Z-plan castle replacing either a house or small peel tower. Sited in the parish of Cluny, it is south of...
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    Kilmartin Castle is a 16th-century Z-plan castle at Kilmartin, Scotland. Built for the Rector of Kilmartin, John Carswell, in 1550 and later owned by Clan...
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    Beldorney Castle is a Z-plan castle dating from the mid-16th century, about two miles south of Glass, in hilly country in the valley of the Deveron, in...
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    Association. 112: 15–21. Schneider, Richard Harold; Kitchen, Ted (2002), Planning for crime prevention: a transatlantic perspective, RTPI library series...
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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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  • list of castles in Aberdeenshire. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Aberdeenshire "Balmoral Castle". Archived...
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  • Castle Newe was a castellated mansion house, situated in Aberdeenshire, and designed in 1831 by Archibald Simpson. It was based on an existing Z-plan...
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    Harthill Castle is a large 17th-century Z-plan castle, about 5.5 miles (9 km) west-north-west of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Kirkton of...
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    close to the former site of Weem Castle, destroyed c. 1502. The sixteenth-century castle, built as a Z-plan castle, was the seat of the chiefs of clan...
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    family home of Macpherson-Grants since 1546. The first tower of the Z plan castle was built in 1546. In 1590 the widow of the Grant of Ballindalloch married...
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    Lieutenant. The castle is described by Historic Scotland as "a remarkable survival of the compact 16th century, Scottish Z-plan castle", although W. D...
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  • 56.45082600; -2.88316060 Tayport Castle, was a Z plan castle that was located near Tayport, Fife, Scotland. The castle was demolished in the 19th century...
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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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    Concentric castle L-plan castle Motte-and-bailey castle Quadrangular castle Ringfort Ringwork Tower castle Z-plan castle Lists Bastion forts Castles Cities...
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    as a scheduled monument. The old castle was replaced by Keiss House around 1755. The castle was constructed as a Z-plan tower house with 4 floors plus an...
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  • Xylotechnigraphy Xystum Xystus Yagura Yakhchāl Yalı Yaodong Yeseria Yett Z-plan castle Zakopane Style Zarih Zellige Zenshūyō Zero carbon housing Zero-energy...
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    Claypotts Castle, a striking Z plan castle in West Ferry, was built by John Strachan and dates from 1569 to 1588. In 1495 Broughty Castle was built and remained...
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  • World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into...
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    2°37′58″W / 56.60806°N 2.63278°W / 56.60806; -2.63278 Colliston Castle is a 16th-century Z-plan tower house, altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries...
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    Embrasure (category Castle architecture)
    as possible to reach them. There are embrasures especially in fortified castles and bunkers. The generic term of loophole is gradually abandoned because...
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    Kilcoy Castle is a 16th-century castle near Muir of Ord and Tore on the Black Isle, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Kilcoy Castle is a ‘Zplan fortalice...
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  • list of castles in Moray. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Moray Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland...
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