castellum

On a jutting crag of rock, in plain view from the town below, is an ancient Roman castellum.

Every castle that they took was burned and destroyed, like Sir Ingelric's castellum at Speen.

In the north-east s before t is still retained—Walloon chestai (chteau, castellum), fiess (fte).

Arrayed in the closest order, they presented to an advancing enemy the aspect of a living rampart ('quasi castellum').