A castle is a fortified residence for a ... boiling oil down through the holes and onto the enemy below. Barbican: A fortified gatehouse, sometimes a stand-alone building located outside the ...

The moat, castle gatehouse and barbican, which date from the 11th century The castle's defences were destroyed by order - parts of the curtain wall were pulled down and the keep demolished.

"Another absorbing feature of the castle is the gatehouse, which had a complex barbican and no fewer than three portcullises. "A battlemented flying arch inside the gatehouse is something of a ...

There is also a small entry fee. Tickhill Castle moat, gatehouse and barbican Tickhill’s fortress has a fascinating and bloody history. Although the original keep behind the curtain wall has not ...

It's one of England's treasured landmarks, and the country's largest castle in ... John's twin-towered gatehouse, from which a wooden bridge crossed the deep outer ditch onto a barbican, a ...

the Black Gate was the last addition to the medieval Castle defences and has been used for many other purposes over the years. We don’t know exactly how tall the gatehouse – or barbican ...

"It has everything - the gatehouse, the barbican, the doors ... Mr Oxley said similar barbicans were not uncommon at castles, but said Walmgate Bar's was the only one left in England as part ...

Rossdhu Castle was a mansion built in 1927 and patterned after a Scottish castle. It was demolished in 1957, but the gatehouse remains. Robert and Jane Cobb bought the home in 2014, and in the ...

An old English proverb says that a man’s house is his castle, and in this case, a castle gatehouse in Chevy Chase, Md., can be a home. Daisy Calhoun, the woman behind the original castle ...

And for the last two years, British-Iranian experimental composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki has been drawing on the Barbican’s hidden history as a gateway for her new piece, 'Bab-Khaneh: ...