I need help from someone out there. Does anyone know of any Internet sites that have information on castle architectural terms? Just a basic glossary or diagram; something that middle or high schoolers would use.

The reason I'm asking: I'm writing on my story for Slip's site; my characters are now in Shurugeon, and I'd like to use some terms without making a complete fool of myself. I know what a "bailey" is, and a "portcullis", but beyond that I'm lost.

Please help out an ol' Warlock/Barbarian! You never know when it may pay off for you! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

-Sazerac

are these the type of terms you are looking for?
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/Glossary.htm
http://www.uen.org/Centennial/08BuildingsA.html

to add one more: http://members.tripod.com/~grobius/casgloss.htm

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[This message has been edited by adam warlock (edited 04-07-2001).]

Adam: Bless you, bless you! That last URL was the one I needed! Many thanks to you, my friend!

-Sazerac

no problem
here's what I did: I went to http://www.google.com and searched for 'castle architectural terms' and you'll find the sites I found.

hopefully, you'll find some more...

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Sorry mate I'm a bit bookish myself. However, if you kneel behind the buttresses and keep those murder holes primed then you should be pretty safe from anything (apart from those killer blue birds and anything that's already within the walls).

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