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Exterior defence protecting an entrance . Besides increasing protection at this necessarily ... They also had the effect of confusing the enemy ( as did the prehistoric earthwork entrances ) . Originally , they consisted of a simple ...
Exterior defence protecting an entrance . Besides increasing protection at this necessarily ... They also had the effect of confusing the enemy ( as did the prehistoric earthwork entrances ) . Originally , they consisted of a simple ...
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Entrance ENTRANCE see also Gatehouse . Originally , seems to have been a simple gate in the palisade or an archway with doors in a stone wall ( e.g. Eynsford , Richmond . The latter subsequently had a keep built over the original ...
Entrance ENTRANCE see also Gatehouse . Originally , seems to have been a simple gate in the palisade or an archway with doors in a stone wall ( e.g. Eynsford , Richmond . The latter subsequently had a keep built over the original ...
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GATEHOUSE As the entrance was the weakest part of the castle , its strengthening was a first priority and probably the first part to be rebuilt in stone ( e.g. Lewes , Tickhill ) . Even when the perimeter of palisades was never replaced ...
GATEHOUSE As the entrance was the weakest part of the castle , its strengthening was a first priority and probably the first part to be rebuilt in stone ( e.g. Lewes , Tickhill ) . Even when the perimeter of palisades was never replaced ...
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