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Particular attention was paid to the fortification of the gateway , which as the principal or only entrance to the castle was always a possible weak point , and one which generally received the first and ...
Particular attention was paid to the fortification of the gateway , which as the principal or only entrance to the castle was always a possible weak point , and one which generally received the first and ...
Page 68
The gateway , once a weak point simply by reason of being an entrance , now becomes the strongest point in the whole ... Thus the entrances to Henry II's new inner bailey at Dover were defended by placing stone towers on either side of ...
The gateway , once a weak point simply by reason of being an entrance , now becomes the strongest point in the whole ... Thus the entrances to Henry II's new inner bailey at Dover were defended by placing stone towers on either side of ...
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In this instance there are three storeys above the entrance level , and lofty , embattled turrets rise at each corner above the embattled parapet of the roof . In front of the gatehouse itself a barbican is built out , consisting simply ...
In this instance there are three storeys above the entrance level , and lofty , embattled turrets rise at each corner above the embattled parapet of the roof . In front of the gatehouse itself a barbican is built out , consisting simply ...
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