During its history a wooden rampart became a strong walled castle of which the first written record dates back to 1267.

It kept many of the features of the high walled Medieval castles and may have been influenced by the French masons brought to Scotland to work on royal palaces.

Lihtenberk was a walled castle with a three-story residential palacium, remnants of which are the only element still visible today.

High on the hill, the scorched walled castle stood, a stone spider clutching the hilltop with blasted stone feet.

The walled castle that dominates Beaumaris was the last of several built in the 13th century by Edward I as he moved west, obliterating the rule of the Welsh princes, subjugating the country to English rule.

It is Fortress Rudy, Mayor Giuliani's walled castle.

A giant walled castle surrounded by a moat, it was built by a Tokugawa shogun in the early 1600's in open challenge to the imperial family across town.

Ever since his brother in arms, Tsutsumu, had been found slain at the feet of the sensei, Kusunoki, he had become increasingly ill at ease in this walled castle that had been his home now for more than a year.

Beginning on the 13th century AD, the town of Montelupo Fiorentino is destroyed by the Florentines, whom, on the same site, built a walled castle - true symbol of their domination in the territory.

English defenses at Meung-sur-Loire consisted of three components: the walled town, the fortification at the bridge, and a large walled castle just outside the town.