inner bailey | | the area along the tops of the walls where soldiers could defend the castle |
battlement | | a notched battlement made up of alternate crenels and merlons |
allure | | a small tower above and on one of the main towers, usually used as a look out point |
ward | | a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall |
drawbridge | | a wooden bridge capable of being raised or lowered |
curtain wall | | the inner stronghold of the castle |
turret | | a narrow wall along the outer edge of the wall walk to protect soldiers against attack |
portcullis | | protective wall at the top of a castle |
arrow loop | | all the towers, bridges, and barriers built to protect each entrance |
garderobe | | A narrow vertical slit cut into a wall so arrows could be fired through from inside |
bastion | | a castle wall enclosing a courtyard |
hall | | latrine (toilet) |
parapet | | a deep trench usually filled with water that surrounded a castle |
keep | | courtyard within the walls of the castle |
donjon | | main living quarters of a medieval castle or house |
crenelation | | the jail, usually found in one of the towers |
gatehouse | | circular or polygonal end of a tower or chapel |
wall walk | | vertical sliding wooden grille shod with iron, hung in front of a gateway, let down to protect the gate |
bailey | | passage behind the parapet of a castle wall |
dungeon | | courtyard or bailey |
moat | | open area in the center of a castle |
apse | | the inner stronghold (keep) of a castle |