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| A '''linear castle''' is a castle with ]s or ] arranged in a chain, instead of inside the other as with ]s. It is the usual development of castles sited on ridges of high ground. | |||
| The earliest recognised linear castle in Britain is at ].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=J2VHq0gQ45gC&pg=PA38 |title=Britain's Best: The Nation's Favourite Historic Places |author=Jane Eastoe, Anny Kilbourne |publihsre=Pavilion Books |year=2007}}</ref> ] and ]s were both built in a linear style {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}, defending a ]. Caernarvon was styled to resemble the fortifications of ].<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5w1PAAAAMAAJ |title=The medieval castle |author=Philip Warner |year=1971}}</ref> | |||
| It is also worth noting that many castles naturally combined elements of both concentricity and linearity.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} ], often cited as a concentric castle, is really a linear castle with concentric elements bolted on.{{Or|date=May 2010}} | |||
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