border castle

She and Geoffrey were also at odds with her father over border castles.

And a border castle cannot be left in suspect hands when the march is burning."

Only a small fragment remains of the once mighty border castle, by the train station.

At the end of the July there was an enormous gap in the Hungarian border castle system.

It became part of the border castle system designed to repel invaders of the Ottoman Empire.

A border castle in an advanced position, such as Parfois, must be in the hands of a trusted castellan at such a time.

After the Treaty of Teschen in 1779 Burghausen Castle became a border castle.

A more recent local landmark is Castle Gwynn, a replica of a 12th-century Welsh border castle.

Even in peacetime the Ottomans raided Hungarian lands and conquered small territories (with border castles), but a final battle still offered a glimmer of hope.

The Emperor himself, leading the main force, advanced into Thrace, and was engaged by the Bulgarians at the border castle of Marcellae.

The Bartian infantry and Pogesanians besieged a border castle, but were fended off by the Knights from Christburg.

Due to Szolnok's geographical centrality, the Szolnok Castle played an important role in the border castle system of 16th century Hungary.

The normal rhythm of a border castle flowed through him, overlaid with the blackness that was Rhydderch and with a tension born of men gathering for war.

Count Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a Hungarian nobleman and border castle hero in 16th century.

In 11th century a border castle was established by Duke Bretislaus I which took his name (in Czech Břetislav Břeclav).

To refill its supply train, an army would forage extensively as well as resupply itself in cities or supply points - border castles were frequently stocked with supplies for this purpose.

The region is an ideal base for visiting the interesting old cathedral towns of Gloucester and Hereford, Tintern Abbey, Symonds Yat and Welsh border castles.

In the summer of the next year Constantine VI led his army north and on 20 July was confronted by the Bulgarians under Kardam near the border castle Marcelae.

Shard End borders Castle Bromwich to the north and Kingshurst to the east which are situated in the northern part of the neighbouring Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

Even major fortifications such as the castles of North Wales and the border castles of Carlisle, Bamburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne saw funding and maintenance reduced.

From there he continued towards Zemen and set his camp in the village of Shishkovtsi On the next day the army reached the important border castle near the modern village of Izvor.

Although it was probably initially only built of earth and timber, it was to become one of the main English border castles along the Welsh Marches during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Sixteenth-century Border castle with fairy-tale turrets (now for holiday let as luxury apartments!), home of the Kerr family restored in recent years by their descendant and current chieftain, the Marquis of Lothian.

The star-shaped, fortress-like building was constructed by László Festetics during the 1820s as a hunting lodge and an exhibition inside the building introduces the life of knights of border castles in the 16th century.

Llanvetherine is near Whitecastle, one of three important border castles built by the Marcher Lords after the Norman invasion of Wales to control this sector of the Welsh Marches.