Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 84
... murder - holes through which all manner of missiles could be drop , 1 upon the attacker trying to undermine the wall , or batter down the gateway . Solid parapets and walls had arrow - slits made in them , the internal embrasures so ...
... murder - holes through which all manner of missiles could be drop , 1 upon the attacker trying to undermine the wall , or batter down the gateway . Solid parapets and walls had arrow - slits made in them , the internal embrasures so ...
Page 88
... murder - hole in front of the portcullis slot in the entrance to the shell keep of Farnham Castle in Surrey . This ... holes in the floors . This was officially designated machicolation . The Franks had a more succinct word for it - ...
... murder - hole in front of the portcullis slot in the entrance to the shell keep of Farnham Castle in Surrey . This ... holes in the floors . This was officially designated machicolation . The Franks had a more succinct word for it - ...
Page 104
... holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers was denied the enemy by murder - holes in the arched machicolation sup- ported by corbels high above his head . Bodiam ...
... holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers was denied the enemy by murder - holes in the arched machicolation sup- ported by corbels high above his head . Bodiam ...
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