Sally Port, Pevensey, Sussex: part of a ruined English castle.

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A sally port was a back or side door in a Castle that was used to launch a counter-attack when a castle was under siege. It gives us the expression "sally forth" meaning to go out. Pevensey castle was built on older Roman walls, and this wood-engraving or woodcut shows how thick and huge the ancient walls really were. The archway in the background is characteristic of an early Norman arch, being part of a circle rather than pointed and having multiple rings.

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Size: 4944px × 6813px
Location: Pevensey, Sussex, England, UK, United Kingdom, Britain, Great Britain, Europe
Photo credit: © FromOldBooks.org / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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