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- ...y, pp. 110–111.</ref> For the next half century, the castle stood as a bastion defending Shropshire from invasion by the Welsh, until the conquest of Wale ...sent to the court of King Henry II (1154-1189), where he grew up with the king's younger son, the future King John (1199-1216). John became his enemy after11 KB (1,779 words) - 19:26, 29 June 2015
- ...bridging point on the River Forth, and the Ochil Hills provided a natural bastion at this strategic point: thus [[Stirling]] was the main gateway to the [[Hi5 KB (769 words) - 10:49, 17 June 2014
- .... During the Second World War, a machine gun turret was built on the south bastion.<ref>[http://www.fortified-places.com/earith/ ''Earith Bulwark'', Fortified5 KB (875 words) - 18:54, 27 January 2016
- As Tunbridge Wells has a reputation as being a bastion of the middle class and a typical example of "Middle England", it has attra27 KB (4,233 words) - 16:05, 8 August 2016
- Rye, being part of the Cinque Ports Confederation and a bastion against invasion on the Channel Coast, has always had close links with the19 KB (3,170 words) - 15:31, 20 January 2017
- ...y sovereigns on the own estates. They gave allegiance to the King but the King's peace barely applied. Clan warfare was constant and bloody and the chiefs ...urch of Scotland. [[Lewis]] and [[Harris]] have been described as the last bastion of Calvinism in Britain and the Sabbath remains widely observed. Inverness20 KB (2,901 words) - 17:37, 10 October 2017
- ...ituation with good grace. George was a Privy Counsellor - described as the King's "familiar councillor" - and tutor to the young Prince Henry. A little beyond the entrance there is a tower that formed a simple bastion and to which has been added a gabled chamber in the 17th century, which, th23 KB (3,792 words) - 14:01, 11 May 2022
- Along the top of the cliffs on the west side, between the West Bastion and Northwest Redan, is an 18-foot thick curtain wall that provided protect ...ne on the west, provides protection to bombardment from the east. The East Bastion and south redans are positioned behind this wall. The height of this rampar14 KB (2,209 words) - 20:24, 29 January 2021
- ...Walls survive such as Talbot Tower (1207), which is also known as Talbot's Bastion or Castle. It is the larger of the two surviving towers of the defences of28 KB (4,104 words) - 12:04, 2 August 2017
- The westernmost bastion is taller than the others and serves as a gatehouse. Originally, the moat w [[File:Deal Castle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The western bastion or gatehouse]]8 KB (1,221 words) - 22:34, 3 April 2021
- ...extra gun positions on the eastern side, and constructing the Constable's Bastion for additional protection on the west. Twiss further strengthened the Spur ...UMPY and E - Esplanade. Annexe and Casemate levels are open to the public, Bastion is 'lost' but investigations continue to gain access, DUMPY (converted from17 KB (2,873 words) - 10:21, 30 January 2021
- ...ear Wakefield Tower was a postern gate which allowed private access to the king's apartments. The innermost ward was originally surrounded by a protective di ...egge's Mount was built at the castle's north-west corner. Brass Mount, the bastion in the north-east corner, was a later addition. The three rectangular tower70 KB (11,200 words) - 11:15, 10 December 2022
- ...rey Locke and Richard Watts.<ref>Colvin, Howard, ed., ''The History of the King's Works'', vol. 4 part 2, HMSO (1982), 478.</ref> The building cost £3,621. ...w works was accepted. A timber palisade was placed in the river, the water bastion was raised to a greater height "with a parapet of good height" and an enclo8 KB (1,220 words) - 21:03, 14 October 2015
- ...s working under Borthwick, who by 1512 was appointed "master melter of the king's guns".<ref>Caldwell, pp.76–77</ref> Their output included guns for the Sc ...me=BoS85-86/> though afterwards refortifications included an earthen angle-bastion, known as the Spur, of the type known as ''trace italienne'', one of the ea80 KB (12,650 words) - 19:56, 16 May 2018
- ...l of [[Eyemouth]] in 1682, and the following year appointed colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons.<ref>Churchill: ''Marlborough: His Life and ...rl of Marlborough, sworn to the Privy Council, and made a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber.48 KB (7,789 words) - 14:57, 16 January 2020
- ...tor of Customs at [[Cowes]], considered it necessary in 1783 to request "a King's cutter also in Hurst Road ... to keep off the large cutters from landing th ...as built and a new entrance to the castle was driven through the northeast bastion.<ref name="pastscape1"/> Around 1889 the magazine roof was reinforced with13 KB (2,143 words) - 01:03, 18 November 2015
- |picture caption=Stirling Castle, from the "King's Knot" gardens ...k Castle|Berwick]] castles were held by the English. Edward Bruce, the new king's brother, laid siege to Stirling, which was held by Sir Philip Mowbray. Mowb41 KB (6,535 words) - 13:03, 15 May 2016
- ...along the City Walls with the impressive Roaring Meg located on the double bastion.5 KB (836 words) - 14:07, 27 February 2019
- The defences were fully rebuilt as a bastion fort in the late seventeenth century and it is the finest surviving example ...h as the imposing Water Gate were not complete until about 1682. The river bastion never materialised.<ref name=DLR /> The resulting structure was "a national12 KB (1,929 words) - 01:05, 18 November 2015
- ...lery guns and a garrison of 20 men. It featured an Italianate "arrow-head" bastion on its landward side; this was very different in style from the earlier cir ...illery fort built around a central courtyard with an angular, "arrow-head" bastion protecting the landward side. It was initially equipped with three cannons18 KB (2,862 words) - 23:02, 30 January 2016
