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Shell-keep

Architecture Shell keepShingle

Shell-keep - Circular or oval wall surrounding inner portion of castle; usually stores and accommodations inside the hollow walls.
Sill - Lower horizontal face of an opening.
Sleeper - Lowest horizontal timber (or low wall).

 


Shell-keep
round wall, usually built on top of a motte, in which the castle buildings are built up against the inner wall forming a circular courtyard
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See also: Salient, Postern, Bond, Portcullis, Church

Architecture Shell keepShingle

 
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