The Castle Explorer's GuideKaye and Ward, 1979 - 249 pages |
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Page 74
... murder - holes , machicolations and barbican . From later C13 it was usual to carry parapet on arch in advance of front face of gatehouse from one flanking tower to other and to leave space between parapet and main wall open to command ...
... murder - holes , machicolations and barbican . From later C13 it was usual to carry parapet on arch in advance of front face of gatehouse from one flanking tower to other and to leave space between parapet and main wall open to command ...
Page 109
... Murder - hole . Since Hoarding ( q.v. ) was susceptible to fire , it was replaced during C14 by stone corbels which ... holes q.v. ) . In some cases they may have been used to hold a heavy wooden frame or to allow the insertion of strong ...
... Murder - hole . Since Hoarding ( q.v. ) was susceptible to fire , it was replaced during C14 by stone corbels which ... holes q.v. ) . In some cases they may have been used to hold a heavy wooden frame or to allow the insertion of strong ...
Page 127
... Murder Holes ' This term is also more generally used of any opening ( including machicolations ) through which lethal action could be taken e.g. the gun - ports at Wark were described as ' murder holes ' ( c.f. Shot - holes ) . It would ...
... Murder Holes ' This term is also more generally used of any opening ( including machicolations ) through which lethal action could be taken e.g. the gun - ports at Wark were described as ' murder holes ' ( c.f. Shot - holes ) . It would ...
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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