Burh

Burh - Saxon stronghold; literally a "neighborhood".
Buttery - Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed.

Burh: A fortified Anglo-Saxon town which was usually surrounded by a ditch an earthen ramparts topped by a palisade.

Burgh (borough, bourg, burh)
- a Burgus is literally a fortified enclosure. Burgh and town are not synonymous, there is a legal difference, relating to rights of trade, burghs were in effect commercial centres administered by burgesses.

Burh A fortified area used by the Saxons (or burgh)
Buttress The projection of stonework at the side or corners of a building to provide strength against the lateral forces ...

See also: Casemate, Villa, Tower, Roman, Concentric