English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft (1911)
Gardner, John Starkie, 1844-1930 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 53
n bars, fixed bylarge and numerousrivets to the wood,which thus becomesof secondary import-ance,and prepares theway for theyetts.Later, iron gates in some cases took the place of the portcullisas second or third defences, and they equally permitted, if needbe, the defenders to cross weapons with… … FIG. 2. CASTLE GATE SHEATHED IN IRON, MAXSTOKE. PROTECTED IN FRONT BY A PORTCULLIS. DATE ABOUT I432. Mediaeval Gates 13 to Tower Hill. In England they were called yat or yeat, and wereto be found to many dwellings in the marches bordering Wales.But it is along the northern marches, exposed…
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