CASTELLAN: The officer in charge of a castle.
CURTAIN: The connecting wall joining towers of a castle.
CURTAIN WALL: An exterior wall or a section of that wall between two gates or towers. Some castle had two sets of curtain walls.
Castellan - officer in charge of a castle.
Catapult or Perrier - a stone throwing engine, powered by teams of soldiers pulling on ropes.
Cavalier - raised structure containing a batteru, usually sited above the centre of a bastion.
Castellan The governor of a castle or keep
Castellation Another word for battlements. The defensive detail at the top of a wall or tower
Castle Medieval fortification ...
Keep: The English term for a donjon; the inner tower of a castle, usually the strongest, used by the besieged as the last refuge tower. By the 12th century it was used as more of a residence for the lord or castellan.
 See also: Parapet, Medieval, Curtain, Battlements, Arches
  
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