Z-plan castle

Z-plan castle

Z Plan is a form of castle design common in England and Scotland. The Z-plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached at diagonally opposite corners.cite book | title = Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450–1650
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Examples of the Z plan are Glenbuchat Castle in Northumberland, [ [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/glenbuchatcastle/index.html Glenuchat Castle on Undicovered Scotland] ] Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire and Hatton Castle, Angus, Scotland.

A variant on the Z plan is the C plan, in which the two smaller towers are attached at adjacent corners of the main tower.

ee also

*L-plan castle
*T-plan castle

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