Editing Wall (section)

===Castles===
The [[Night's Watch]] raised nineteen castles to guard the hundred leagues of the Wall, although they never manned more than seventeen at one time.{{Ref|ACOK|43}} Over the last three hundred years, as the manpower of the Watch has dropped, most of these castles have been abandoned; [[Old Nan]] refers to them as "ghost castles".{{Ref|ASOS|40}} The [[Nightfort]] was the first to be abandoned, in the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|56}}

Only three castles currently remain in use,{{Ref|AGOT|21}} though sometimes a larger force is sent to one of the abandoned castles for a fortnight or a moon's turn.{{Ref|ASOS|26}} The manned castles are [[Castle Black]], the largest-maintained castle, located at the northern end of the [[kingsroad]] and held by nearly six hundred Brothers,{{Ref|AGOT|21}} the [[Shadow Tower]], the westernmost of the occupied castles, garrisoned by two hundred men of the Night's Watch,{{Ref|AGOT|21}} and [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], the port of the Night's Watch with the smallest garrison, located at the eastern end of the Wall.

[[File:Castle Black and The Wall, Ted Nasmith.jpg|thumb|[[Castle Black]] and the Wall by Ted Nasmith ©]]

The nineteen castles on the Wall, listed from west to east, are:
* [[Westwatch-by-the-Bridge]]
* The [[Shadow Tower]],  commanded by Ser [[Denys Mallister]]
* [[Sentinel Stand]]
* [[Greyguard]]
* [[Stonedoor]]
* [[Hoarfrost Hill]]
* [[Icemark]]
* The [[Nightfort]]
* [[Deep Lake]]
* [[Queensgate]]
* [[Castle Black]], commanded by [[Jeor Mormont]], the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
* [[Oakenshield (Wall)|Oakenshield]]
* [[Woodswatch-by-the-Pool]]
* [[Sable Hall]]
* [[Rimegate]]
* [[Long Barrow]]
* The [[Torches]]
* [[Greenguard]]
* [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], commanded by [[Cotter Pyke]]

There are no inns or towns in the shadow of the Wall,{{ref|AFFC|5}} but a narrow track always visible from the Wall runs from one castle to the next.{{ref|ASOS|75}} There are also [[ranger]]'s roads found north of the Wall.{{ref|ASOS|75}}