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Early Stone Castles
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bodiam built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Chateau-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway crenellation decline defence ditch Dover earl earthwork enclosure England English castles English Medieval Castles entrance example flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway ground plan hall Harlech inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King Henry King John king's kingdom Kirby Muxloe knights labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound mural towers Norman Orford pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence Rhuddlan Rochester royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber tower keep Tower of London tower-house trebuchet tury twelfth century walls warfare whole William Windsor