Postern - Wikipedia
网页A postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location which allowed the occupants to come and go inconspicuously. In the event of a siege, a postern could act as a sally port, allowing defenders to make a sortie on the besiegers. Placed in a less ...
Tower Hill Postern - Wikipedia
网页The Tower Hill Postern was a small fortified entrance (postern) at the eastern terminal point to the London Wall, at the junction of the Wall and the Tower of London moat. The size of the gateway indicates that it was suitable for pedestrians and horsemen but not wide enough to accommodate wagons, carts or carriages.
Castle Architecture - Gateways & Barbicans
网页A postern is a secondary door or gate, particularly in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location, allowing the occupants to come and go inconspicuously.
London’s postern gates | The History of London
网页These late 13th century remains of a postern gate were discovered during work in 1979 to create a pedestrian subway from Tower Hill tube station.
Walls of Constantinople - Wikipedia
网页The Walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.
Postern - Wikiwand
网页A postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location which allowed the occupants to come and go inconspicuously. In the event of a siege, a postern could act as a sally port, allowing defenders to make a sortie on the besiegers. Placed in a less ...
Postern Gate
网页The Postern Gate is typically a secondary gate or door often located at the rear of the castle. Below are photographs of the postern gate at Denbigh Castle in northeast Wales.
London’s Roman City Wall - Historic UK
网页Tower Hill Postern Gate. Our journey begins at the extreme South East side of the old city wall, directly adjacent to the Tower of London. The remains are actually of a medieval gatehouse which would have been built into the side of the Tower of London’s moat.
Castle Architecture | Smithsonian
网页2009年12月1日 · Postern Gate: A small, unfortified side or rear entrance used during peacetime. In wartime, it became a "sally-port" used to launch surprise attacks, or as an escape route.
London’s Roman Wall: A Self-Guided Walk - Living London History
网页2021年5月5日 · For our first stop we are at the ruins of a medieval postern gate. Built between 1297-1308, it was located at the point where the wall met the moat of the Tower of London. It was used as a pedestrian gate and defensive …
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