fortified castles
Walled medieval strongholds
Fortified castles are castles built or reinforced with defensive structures—thick walls, moats, towers, battlements.
The phrase is somewhat redundant, since castles are by definition fortified, but it emphasizes the military aspect over the residential: The region is dotted with fortified castles from the medieval period.
Sometimes distinguishes true defensive structures from ornamental castle-style buildings.
- garrisonsTroops stationed at strongholds
- medieval knightsFeudal armored cavalry
- murder holesFortification ceiling openings for attack
- boiling oilHeated fat for warfare
- keepsRetains or strongholds
turrets · trebuchets · battlements · feudalism · barbicans · drawbridges · portcullises · parapets · curtain walls · stone walls · watchtowers · tower defense · Crusades · moats · bastions · gatehouses · iron gates · Norman Conquest
- Portuguese Heritage
- Eure-et-LoirChartres
fortified castlestemporary shelters
Structures for brief habitation
tents · lean-tos · thatched cottages · yurts · ruins
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