The donjon was located on the podium of the former Roman temple of Claudius, also the site of a Late Saxon villa regalis. |
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Indeed, it was his anxiety to survey the scene while laying siege to the donjon at Challus-Chabrol that brought his premature death. |
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At Chepstow too, Roman tile and brick was deliberately re-used, here to form a conspicuous string course on the exterior of the Norman donjon. |
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As they progressed through the city toward the donjon in the centre of the city, he realised something that he mentally smacked himself for missing. |
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The larger towers provided space for habitation to make up for the loss of the donjon. |
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This could be the most ancient part of the complex, composed of keep or donjon equipped with a foregate that must have been served by a drawbridge. |
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