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A 19th-century reconstruction of the keep at Château d'Étampes. Since the 16th century, the English word keep has commonly referred to large towers in castles. [4] The word originates from around 1375 to 1376, coming from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel. [5]
The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle its name. The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castle Keep (the castle's main fortified stone tower, pictured below right), and the Black Gate, its ...
Hedingham Castle, in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England. [2] The castle fortifications and outbuildings were built around 1100, and the keep around 1140. However, the keep is the only major medieval structure that has survived, albeit less two turrets.
The octagonal keep is considered one of the best preserved examples of a shell keep. [2] A second keep, cylindrical, called the Prisoner's Tower (tour du prisonnier), was added to the outer wall of the castle at the start of the 13th century, following the French conquest of Normandy. Further reinforcement was added during the Hundred Years ...
Pembridge Castle: Keep and bailey 12–13th century: Partly habitable Private Reconstructed 20th century. [217] Snodhill Castle: Keep and bailey 11–14th century: Fragmentary ruins [218] Treago Castle: Fortified manor house 15–16th century: Restored Private Altered in the 17–19th centuries. [219] Wigmore Castle: Keep and bailey 11–14th ...
Keep at Warkworth Castle. A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary.
An aerial view of Windsor Castle with its shell keep (called "The Round Tower") prominent on its motte inside the middle ward (middle bailey). A shell keep is a style of medieval fortification, best described as a stone structure circling the top of a motte.
The late 14th-century tower keep of Warkworth Castle in England. In the south of England private castles were being built by newly emerging, wealthy families; like the work at Windsor, these castles drew on the architectural themes of earlier martial designs, but were not intended to form a serious defence against attack. [168]