Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898 · London, Wyman & sons · leaf 478
y to be of use during a siege. The entrance to the tower is at the first-floor level, on tlie south-east side, at the top of the base, and therefore 20 feet from theground. The doorway is 4 feet 9 inches wide, quite plain, and Hattopped, but the lintel is composed of five stones joggled together… … the holes for which, 7 inches square, are in the right or hinge-jamb9 inches deep, and in the lock-jamb 6 feet. In the joints near thecill are two holes, evidently for the iron gudgeons of a small draw-bridge, so light as to be worked from within the doorway. Thepresent exterior stone staircase is…
Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Military architecture
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