(4) Catellum Regis (al-Mi'ilyah (after Pease);
(5) Arima (al-Araymah); probably early structures shown
in black; (A) Donjon, (B) Main Gate of inner citadel,
(C) outer gate (after Muller-Wiener.
The above are relatively small spur-castles.
Spur-Castle = a castle built on a rock spur
or promontory usually along the side of a hill.
Spur-castles obviously shared
certain features, princially having the strongest
part of their defenses facing the promontory
that linked the spur to a neighboring hill.
Several of these spur-castles had a deep fosse
or ditch cut across the promontory. |
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