| Both these castles are enclosed by a court or ballium, with a fortified entrance, like those erected by the Normans. |
| It stands in a ballium or court, surrounded by a moat and an embankment. |
| From the dark shadows of the ballium, they passed into the moonlit inner court. |
| Barney and the girl remounted and the little cavalcade moved forward through the ballium and the great gate into the court beyond. |
| Matilda flew out of the room, and was in an instant in the ballium. |
| After these maternal cares, Marjory sat and listened to the proceedings in the ballium of the Castle. |
