What Defensive Features are on a castle?

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Gargoyles :) They were usually part of a system where you could pour hot water/oil whatever into a trough and the gargoyles acted as spouts to pour the liquid onto the attackers.
 
First and foremost there is the bog thick walls. More recent (as in late middle age) castles were built directly on elevated bedrock to defend from sappers (people that dug under the wall and set fire to their underlayment supports to collapse it). On most castles the weakest defensive position is the gate, so some feature trap doors from which large rocks and pitch can be thrown to stave off would be breachers. They have sniper ports that taper inward to give archers a 45 degree angle from which to fire and minimize their chances of being hit themselves. Romans used short square towers which balistas and such could've been fired from. Towers in medieval Europe were often round and tall to prevent breaches.

There are many types of castles, Roman fortified forts and Roman border cities dominated classical castles. Medieval castles were typically ringworks or motte and bailey style structures unless financed by monarchs or wealthier nobles. These were the towering citadel style castles that are famous from the movies.
 
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