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or left to decay naturally after being attacked and destroyed. But many were also deliberately abandoned as a result, for example, of the roof tax in Austria. Local names often still refer to the fortifications that once stood on these sites and many of them still have visible piles of rubble or
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recognisable, albeit levelled, courtyards, because they usually occupy relatively inaccessible sites. However many were also used as a "quarry" for nearby buildings and have entirely disappeared. In some instances only the earthworks remain visible above the ground – features such as
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if a reconstruction of the building plan and functions of the buildings is no longer possible. However, even a ruin in which remnants of the foundation walls enable some sort of reconstruction, is not considered much more than a
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of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed. It has no direct equivalent in English, but may be loosely translated as "castle site". Variations in the literature include
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A large number of castles have not survived in their original form but have simply been incorporated into a later structure, such as an early modern
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There are numerous villages in Germany and Austria with the name Burgstall, presumably named after a castle site of this nature. Examples include:
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in the technical castle literature. There are no significant above-ground remains.
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are often only recognisable as uneven terrain and some are only visible in
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is a castle that has effectively been levelled, whereas a "ruin" (
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Burgstall (disambiguation)

"Old Castle"

Bertaburg
Landsöhr

Schlosshügel
Weidenberg
Franconia
castle
slighted
Middle Ages
ditches
aerial photographs
heritage monuments
castle
enceinte
ruin
hillside
spur castles
fortress
schloss
inner bailey
Burgstall
South Moravia
Altraderach Castle
Raderach
Baden-Württemberg
Blankenburg Castle

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