concentric castle
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A concentric castle is a castle with two or more concentric curtain walls, such that the outer wall is lower than the inner and can be defended from it. The layout was square where the terrain permitted, or an irregular polygon where curtain walls of a spur castle followed the contours of a hill.
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Wallingford Castle ⓘ
castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Harlech Castle in Merioneth-Shire (1133199)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | castle | 1067 | Wallingford Castle | concentric castle, archaeological site, castle | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Harlech Castle in Merioneth-Shire (1133199) | Commons | ||
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