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  2. List of motte-and-bailey castles - Wikipedia

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    Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, the Low Countries and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries.

  3. Fortnite Creative - Wikipedia

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    Each player can have up to four private islands that they can build on. [3] In the game, players can walk, jump and fly. [2] [3] Players edit the world using a mobile phone that their character holds in the hand. After a minigame is played, the island is reset to its previous state before the game started. [4] A player building in Creative

  4. Encastellation - Wikipedia

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    However, it took different forms in different lands. The methods and reasons of encastellation differed based on law (who could legally build a castle), necessity (who needed a castle), and geography (where could castles be effectively built). The stone castle originated probably in the north of France in the tenth century. Older wooden castles ...

  5. CastleMiner - Wikipedia

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    From here, they can start exploring the world or build different structures with a variety of blocks already given to them. Players also have the chance to earn special blocks such as freak out, to earn this block you would have to do a groovy dance move in an online world. They can also dig into the ground and build in the game world.

  6. Burdock piling - Wikipedia

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    The ishigaki of Ōzu Castle. Burdock piling (牛蒡積み, gobouzumi) is an advanced Japanese technique for building stone walls, named after the resemblance of the rough stones used to the ovate shapes of the blossoms of Japanese burdock plants.

  7. Shell keep - Wikipedia

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    In English castle morphology, shell keeps are perceived as the successors to motte-and-bailey castles, with the wooden fence around the top of the motte replaced by a stone wall. Castle engineers during the Norman period did not trust the motte to support the enormous weight of a stone keep.

  8. Curtain wall (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    In medieval castles, the area surrounded by a curtain wall, with or without towers, is known as the bailey. [4] The outermost walls with their integrated bastions and wall towers together make up the enceinte or main defensive line enclosing the site.

  9. Checkmate pattern - Wikipedia

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    The checkmate utilizes a queen and bishop, where the bishop is used to support the queen and the queen is used to engage the checkmate. The checkmate is named after Pedro Damiano . One can also think of similar mates like 'Damiano's knight' and 'Damiano's rook' or even 'Damiano's king' (See Queen mate below), 'Damiano's pawn' or 'Damiano's ...