{"id":17370,"date":"2026-03-06T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=17370"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:55:26","slug":"keep-on-keeping-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/03\/keep-on-keeping-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep On Keeping On"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you haven’t come across it before, the Modular Castle set from our Small Scale Scenery range is a set of components that allows you to put together all sorts of medieval castles by combining a variety of walls, turrets, gates and keeps.<\/p>\n

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The component that shows the most variation is the keep – there are big ones, small ones, square, rectangular, circular and all manner of geometric shapes. Today we’re adding three more, taking the total of different types to eight.<\/p>\n

The first is a cylindrical keep, which we’ve based on the one at Pembroke Castle<\/a> in Wales. It’s a fairly straightforward design but has an interesting roof with a double layer of crenellations.<\/p>\n

\"Pembroke<\/a><\/p>\n

The second design is a Shell Keep<\/a>. These replaced wooden motte and bailey castles, with a stone wall replacing the wooden fence on the top of the motte. They provide more protection than the wooden palisade, but without the massive weight of a full keep. There are many good examples still left in the UK, including Arundel, Restormel, Tonbridge, Totnes and more.<\/p>\n

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Finally, the most unusual design (and unique) is the keep at York Castle, also known as Clifford’s Tower. It is a quatrefoil design; similar to the shape of a four-leave clover, it’s basically made up of four overlapping circles.<\/p>\n

\"Clifford's<\/a><\/p>\n

All of the keeps can be bought individually, or as part of a set along with walls, turrets and a gate.<\/p>\n

SSS-8121f<\/a> – Shell Keep – \u00a32.25
\nSSS-8121g<\/a> – Clifford’s Tower – \u00a32.25
\nSSS-8121h<\/a> – Pembroke Keep – \u00a32.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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