(1) Indeed, it was his anxiety to survey the scene while laying siege to the donjon at Challus-Chabrol that brought his premature death.

(2) While one of the words most commonly identified with castles is u2018keepu2019, the term is virtually unknown in medieval documentation where the term donjon was generally used.

(3) 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.

(4) 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 that, with its echoes of imperial authority, faced into the unconquered lands of South Wales.

(5) Thus, for example, while u2018brick housesu2019 or u2018timber - framed housesu2019 may indeed be found, u2018moats,u2019 u2018 donjons ,u2019 u2018cruck vaulting,u2019 or u2018keepsu2019 - all of which are discussed at several points in the text - cannot.