Drawbridge
A movable bridge; originally moved horizontally like a gangway.
Drawbridge - A heavy timber platform built to span a moat between a gatehouse and surrounding land that could be raised when required to block an entrance.
Dressing - Carved stonework around openings.
DRAWBRIDGE: A movable bridge. Early drawbridges were removed horizontally like a gangway.
FOSSE: A ditch.
GALLEY: A long passage or room.
Drawbridge: a wooden bridge leading to a gateway, capable of being raised or lowered
Drum Tower: a round tower built into a wall
Dungeon: the jail, usually found in one of the towers ...
Drawbridge
wooden bridge that could be raised and lowered, sited in front of a tower or gatehouse, across a ditch
Dressing ...
Drawbridge: A bridge which was used to provide access to a fortification, and when in the raised position it closed the entrance.
Barbican: The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge; An outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway. Bar Hole: Horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt.
The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge.
Bar hole - horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt.
Barmkin - the small walled yard attached to a pele tower (generally Scottish).
There are two gates, an outer gate with a drawbridge and complex bent entrance leading to an inner gate called the Hathai Pol where visitors were required to dismount from their elephants.
itself. The ditches are crossed either by drawbridges or by ramps leading the road down to the floor of the ditch.
 See also: Ridge, Tower, Moat, Parapet, Courtyard
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