hilltop castle

hill castle that was built on the summit of a hill or mountain

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class, castle, hill castle, building type

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Countries:

United Kingdom:

Beeston Castle

Historical Countries:

• 

  Beeston Castle 1220
  
• 

  Bjelaj Fortress
  
• 

  Buckton Castle 1200
  
• 

  Burg Brelen
  
• 

  Burg Hohenfriedingen
  
• 

  Burg Sattelpeilnstein
  
• 

  Habsburg Castle 1020
  
• 

  Heinitzburg 1914
  
• 

  Hesselbacher Wallburg
  
• 

  Kadifekale
  
• 

  Neu-Schauenburg Castle
  
• 

  Ostrovica Fortress 1200
  
• 

  Reichsburg Cochem
  
• 

  Schwerinsburg 1890
  
• 

  Valkenburg Castle 1115
  

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1220-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beeston Castle

1200-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buckton Castle

1020-01-01T00:00:00Z

Habsburg Castle

1914-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heinitzburg

1200-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ostrovica Fortress

1890-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schwerinsburg

1115-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valkenburg Castle

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
fort	1220	Beeston Castle	United Kingdom, hilltop castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Bjelaj Fortress	hilltop castle, Bosnia and Herzegovina, google		Wikidata
fort	1200	Buckton Castle	hilltop castle, enclosure castle, archaeological site, United Kingdom		Wikidata
fort		Burg Brelen	castle, hilltop castle, Germany, google		Wikidata
fort		Burg Hohenfriedingen	hilltop castle, Germany		Wikidata
fort		Burg Sattelpeilnstein	hilltop castle, Germany, google		Wikidata
fort	1020	Habsburg Castle	Switzerland, hilltop castle, castle ruin		Wikidata
fort	1914	Heinitzburg	hilltop castle, Namibia		Wikidata
fort		Hesselbacher Wallburg	hilltop castle, hillfort, Germany, google		Wikidata
fort		Kadifekale	hilltop castle, Turkey, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Neu-Schauenburg Castle	Switzerland, hilltop castle, castle ruin, google		Wikidata
fort	1200	Ostrovica Fortress	Croatia, hilltop castle, castle ruin		Wikidata
fort		Reichsburg Cochem	museum, hilltop castle, Germany, google		Wikidata
fort	1890	Schwerinsburg	hilltop castle, Namibia		Wikidata
fort	1115	Valkenburg Castle	hilltop castle, château, Netherlands		Wikidata