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A '''linear castle''' is a [[castle]] that was designed to confront its attackers with a series of barriers/impediments in a ''line'' (hence the name).<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/society/castles_linear.shtml |title=Linear castles |publisher=BBC}}</ref><br />
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The principle was to funnel assaulting forces into attacking a very narrow front and focusing all of the castle's defences in that area. This would mean that both architectural devices and manpower could be concentrated, unlike the more familiar [[concentric castle]], for which the entire circumference needed to be defended.<br />
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Linear castles tended to be built where geography favoured this approach. The [[Knights Hospitaller]] fortress of [[Margat]] in Syria is built on a narrow rocky [[promontory]], ideal for preventing successful [[undermining]] but inappropriate for the rings of walls needed for a concentric castle. The core of [[Krak des Chevaliers]] is located in a narrow gully carved from sheer rock walls severely limiting possibilities for a flank attack.<br />
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The theory of linear castles arrived in Britain in the mid thirteenth century, so the concept co-existed with concentric castles. The earliest recognised linear castle in Britain is at [[Tintagel Castle|Tintagel]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=J2VHq0gQ45gC&pg=PA38 |title=Britain's Best: The Nation's Favourite Historic Places |author=Alan Titchmarsh}}</ref> [[Conway Castle| Conway]] and [[Caernarvon Castle]]s were both built in a linear style, defending a [[peninsula]]. Caernarvon was styled to resemble the fortifications of [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5w1PAAAAMAAJ |title=The medieval castle |author=Philip Warner |year=1971}}</ref><br />
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It is also worth noting that many castles naturally combined elements of both concentricity and linearity. [[Conwy Castle]], often cited as a concentric castle, is really a linear castle with concentric elements bolted on.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Concentric castle]]<br />
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