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Jamb Upright side of a door frame or window

Jambarts Armour for the lower leg. See Greaves

Joggled Construction held together using overlapping joints

Joinery The smaller items of woodwork. Door, windows etc

Joist A beam that supports a floor

K

Keep Donjon; The defendable central part of a Norman castle. Either a Hall-keep with living quaters or a Shell-keep with open centre and walls with a sentry-walk

Keystone The voussoir at the top of the arch or vault

L

Lady Chapel Chapel dedicated to the Virgin at the East end of the church

Lancet window Slender pointed window usually found in groups

Laver The place where monks could wash within the cloister

lierne Small ornamental sections of vaulting rib joining the main ribs

Lintel Flat beam above a window or door

Loops Small openings in a wall through which defenders can shoot arrows or other projectiles

Virtual Buildings

Transport yourself back up to a thousand years and explore historical buildings as they may have appeared in the past.

Explore the bailey and wooden tower keep of a Norman motte and bailey castle

Explore all four floors of a Norman square keep similar to Dover Castle that was built in the twelfth century.

Explore a siege landscape and learn about the siege engines used to destroy a castle.

Explore a reconstruction of Stokesay Castle, a fortified manor house from the fifteenth century.

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