These concentric walls and ditches built five centuries before ... They dropped the high, brittle castle walls in favor of lower, sloping walls designed to deflect and absorb cannon shot. Their ...

enabling inner defenders - such as archers - to shoot over the defenders of the outer walls. Great examples of concentric castles in Wales are Caerphilly and Beaumaris. What are these?

A demolition order was issued after the war, but was never carried out. Instead, the castle gradually decayed - the outer wall of the concentric structure has suffered the worst damage.

Its white walls, slender turrets and slate roofs made it the classic fairytale castle model ... massive gates and concentric courtyards designed to confuse invaders. In spring, cherry blossoms ...

The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech (largely the work of the ... Criterion (i): Beaumaris and Harlech represent a unique achievement in that they combine the double-wall concentric structure which is ...

Despite spending an enormous amount of money on the castle and town walls, Edward I only managed ... A model fortress, it relied on a series of concentric fortifications, three drawbridges ...

enabling inner defenders - such as archers - to shoot over the defenders of the outer walls. Great examples of concentric castles in Wales are Caerphilly and Beaumaris.

A demolition order was issued after the war, but was never carried out. Instead, the castle gradually decayed - the outer wall of the concentric structure has suffered the worst damage.