castle keep
Fortified central tower
The keep is the central fortified tower of a castle, typically the strongest and most defensible structure within the walls.
It served as the lord's residence and the last refuge during a siege.
The castle keep still stands after eight centuries.
The term is sometimes used loosely for any castle's main tower.
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- donjonCastle's fortified central tower
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
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- castle partsmoat, drawbridge, battlement, tower, gatehouse
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- towerstower, bell tower, radio tower, water tower, cell tower
- British buildingsterraced house, semi-detached, detached house, Victorian house, Georgian house