Editing Holdfast (section)

==History==
The [[First Men]] of the [[Dawn Age]] built [[ringfort]]s in [[Westeros]], such as the [[Fist of the First Men]].{{ref|ACOK|34}} They chopped down trees for their farms, ringforts, and holdfasts, eventually leading to [[War of the First Men and the children of the forest|war]] between the humans and the [[children of the forest]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}

According to [[Old Nan]], the [[Others]] swept over holdfasts, cities, and kingdoms during the [[Long Night]].{{ref|AGOT|24}}{{ref|AGOT|52}}

[[Andal]] stonemasons were able to build stronger holdfasts than those built by the First Men.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} 

[[Oldstones]] was dismantled long ago by [[smallfolk]] who used its stones to raise barns, [[sept]]s, and holdfasts.{{ref|ASOS|45}} [[Shandystone]] was abandoned after its well went dry.{{ref|AFFC|21}}

Most holdfasts of the [[Ibbenese]] in northern [[Essos]] were destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] in recent centuries.{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Hallis Mollen]] sometimes visit holdfasts distant from [[Winterfell]],{{ref|AGOT|24}} and [[Jon Snow]] once saw an abandoned fortification.{{ref|AGOT|5}} Many villages and holdfasts in the [[Gift]] have been abandoned over the years.{{ref|ASOS|41}}