Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . remains or good pictures of the early woodencastles on a mound, we must get our notions of the arrangement of a castle from thelater stone fortresses,many of which can stillbe found in the castle wasnot on a steep rockyhill, which made it veryhard to approach, adeep ditch was con-structed outside thewalls, called the was filled withwater and crossed bya bridge, which couldbe drawn up when thecastle was attacked,leaving no way ofgettin
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . remains or good pictures of the early woodencastles on a mound, we must get our notions of the arrangement of a castle from thelater stone fortresses,many of which can stillbe found in the castle wasnot on a steep rockyhill, which made it veryhard to approach, adeep ditch was con-structed outside thewalls, called the was filled withwater and crossed bya bridge, which couldbe drawn up when thecastle was attacked,leaving no way ofgetting across. Thedoorway was furtherprotected by a gratingof heavy planks, calledthe portcullis, which could be quickly dropped down to close theentrance (Fig. 32). Inside the castle walls was the great donjon,or chief tower, which had several stories, although one would, notsuspect it from its plain exterior. There was sometimes also a finehall, as at Cou5y (Fig. 33), and handsome rooms for the use of thelord and his family, but sometimes they lived in the donjon. Therewere buildings for storing supplies and arms, and usually a Fig. 32. Fortified Gate of aMedieval Castle Here one can see the way in which theentrance to a castle was protected: themoat (A); the drawbridge {B); the port-cullis (C)
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