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Peel Tower: Small fortified tower usually rectangular

Petraria: A stone-throwing machine. A mangonel, ballista or trebuchet

Portcullis: A trellis-work gate that is lowered and raised in grooves in a passage

Postern: Small entrance of a tower or wall used the main gate is out of use. Can be used as means of escape when castle in under siege

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Rampart: A surrounding wall or raised earthwork

Ravelin: A triangular enclosure protecting an entrance to a fort

Ring-work: A roughly circular earthwork made from a ditch and bank

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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