Parts of a Castle - Glossary of Terms |
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| Half-shaft | Roll-moulding on either side of opening.
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| Half-timber | The common form of medieval construction in which walls were made of a wood frame structure filled with wattle and daub. |
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| Hall | Principal room or building in complex. |
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| Herringbone | Brick or stone laid in alternate diagonal courses.
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| Hillfort | Bronze or iron age earthwork defenses of concentric ditches and banks.
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| Hoarding | Upper wooden stories on a stone castle wall; the living area; sometimes, a temporary wooden balcony suspended from the tops of walls from which missiles could be dropped. |
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| Hood | Arched covering; when used as umbrella, called hood-mould. |
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| Hornwork | Freestanding quadrilateral fortification in front of the main wall.
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