WALL WALK: A passage along the castle wall.
YETT: Iron gate.
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Wall Walk: the area along the tops of the walls from which soldiers could defend the castle
Ward: courtyard or bailey
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Wall walk: (1) A walk way along the top of an enbankment of a rampart. Also known as a bailey walk. (2) A walk way situated behind a parapet. See bailey walk.
Battlement: Parapet with indentations or embrasures, with raised portions (merlons) between: Crenelations; A narrow wall built along the outer edge of the wall walk to protect soldiers against attack; ...
Allure - also known as the wall walk, it is the path running behind the parapet at the top of a wall or tower.
Ambulatory - aisle round an apse.
Apse - rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.
 See also: Bailey, Tower, Curtain, Motte, Palisade
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