The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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... entrance . Besides increasing protection at this necessarily weak point they could shelter a large assemblage of men preparing a sortie or cover a retreat . They also confined an approaching enemy to a narrow front thus limiting his ...
... entrance . Besides increasing protection at this necessarily weak point they could shelter a large assemblage of men preparing a sortie or cover a retreat . They also confined an approaching enemy to a narrow front thus limiting his ...
Page 58
... entrance to form an awesome gatehouse ) . Later , the opening was protected by a small gatehouse tower with its entrance through the lower storey ( e.g. Durham ) . The entrance to the Great Tower or Keep was usually on the first floor ...
... entrance to form an awesome gatehouse ) . Later , the opening was protected by a small gatehouse tower with its entrance through the lower storey ( e.g. Durham ) . The entrance to the Great Tower or Keep was usually on the first floor ...
Page 72
... entrance gate to a castle usually had two leaves , with a wicket in one , closed by locks and bars which slid into slots ( bar - holes ) . The gates were ... entrance . Gatehouse The conversion of the entrance to stone was primarily. 72 12.
... entrance gate to a castle usually had two leaves , with a wicket in one , closed by locks and bars which slid into slots ( bar - holes ) . The gates were ... entrance . Gatehouse The conversion of the entrance to stone was primarily. 72 12.
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Aberdeenshire Alnwick assault Bamburgh barbican barmkin baronial basement battlements Beaumaris besiegers built C12 E O Caernarvon Caerphilly chamber chapel Chepstow church Conisbrough constable Conway crenellated crossbow defence ditch domestic buildings Dover Durham earthworks Edward enclosure engines England entrance examples fireplace flanking floor forebuilding fortified manor-house fragments ft high garrison gate gatehouse ground hall Harlech Henry Henry III Herefordshire inner bailey Invernesshire keep Kenilworth Kidwelly kitchen knights L-plan later London Tower loops lord machicolated manor masonry mediaeval moat motte motte-and-bailey mound mural murder-holes Newcastle Norman North Riding Northumberland original outer bailey palisade parapet pele pele-tower Pontefract Portchester portcullis postern prison protected rectangular remains of curtain ring-work Rochester roof royal castles ruins Scottish shell-keep siege sometimes square stair stone storeys Substantial remains survives timber tower tower-house town walls turrets usually vaulted wall-towers wall-walk Warkworth Warwick wooden Yorkshire