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Fictional Castles and Fortresses: Camelot, Knightmare, Weyr, Hogwarts, Cinderella Castle, Fortress of Solitude, Technodrome, Blandings Castle
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-20.
ISBN 9781156468753
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Camelot, Knightmare, Weyr, Hogwarts, Cinderella Castle, Fortress of Solitude, Technodrome, Blandings Castle, Gormenghast, Castle Greyhawk, Power Chamber, the Ghosts of Inverloch, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Castle Grayskull, the Keep on the Borderlands, the Crystal Castle, le Château de La Belle Au Bois Dormant, Xanadu, Castle Amber, Salamandastron, Castle Forrester, Mcduck Castle, Spiral Castle, Anvard, Kiamo Ko, Benden Weyr, Cair Paravel, Aberwyvern Castle, List of Fictional Castles, Fort Weyr, Fort Foureau, Monolith Base, Ry?g?-J?, Maleperduis, Fort Duckburg, Caer Dathyl, Dracula's Castle, Radiant Garden. Excerpt: Aberwyvern castle is a fictitious 13th century medieval castle in Wales designed by the author and illustrator David Macaulay to explain the construction and features of such a fortification .The castle is fictional but the historical context is real. Macaulay places its construction in North West Wales between 1283 and 1288, when Edward I of England was in fact building a string of castles to help his conquest of that land. Much of the layout and architecture of Aberwyvern castle is extrapolated from these Welsh castles, which Macaulay visited as a boy, and in particular Harlech Castle , which it closely resembles in design, siting and general appearance.The castle is constructed on a rocky mount jutting out into the River Wyvern. It is square in plan and has two concentric lines of fortification. The first line of defence is an outer curtain wall of 300 feet on the side, encircling the entire castle and forming the outer ward. The outer curtain wall of the castle also links with the defensive wall of the town. The tops of the wall are furnished battlements with merlons to protect defenders arrayed along the parapet walk. There are two gatehouses, one, defended by a d
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