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A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1] A portcullis gate is constructed of a latticed grille, made of wood or metal or both, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
Murder holes at Bodiam Castle. A murder hole or meurtrière is a hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway in a fortification through which the defenders could shoot, throw or pour harmful substances or objects such as rocks, arrows, scalding water, hot sand, quicklime, or boiling oil, down on attackers.
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a Portcullis Or, crowned (from his mother; Margaret Beaufort) a Greyhound Argent, collared Gules (for the Earldom of Richmond) a Red dragon [13] a Dun cow (of Warwick) a Crowned hawthorn bush with the cypher H.R. (recalling the story that after the Battle of Bosworth Field, the crown was found under a hawthorn bush) [14]
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Yett hanging in the main entrance of Blackness Castle, Scotland, showing attached bolts and pierced construction.Wrought in 1693. [1]A yett (from the Old English and Scots language word for "gate") [2] is a gate or grille of latticed wrought iron bars used for defensive purposes in castles and tower houses. [3]