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  2. Palisade - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a palisade in a Celtic village at St Fagans National History Museum, Wales Reconstruction of a medieval palisade in Germany. A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall.

  3. Castra - Wikipedia

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    From the time of Augustus more permanent castra with wooden or stone buildings and walls were introduced as the distant and hard-won boundaries of the expanding empire required permanent garrisons to control local and external threats from warlike tribes. Previously, legions were raised for specific military campaigns and subsequently disbanded ...

  4. Lychgate - Wikipedia

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    Lychgate. A lych gate in Ceredigion, Wales, decorated for a wedding. A lychgate (from Old English līc, corpse) or resurrection gate[1] is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland, [2] the Upland South [3] and Texas ...

  5. Medieval fortification - Wikipedia

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    Reinforced wood door. A typical exterior wooden door might be made out of two or more layers of oak planks. The grain of the wood would run vertically on the front layer and horizontally on the back, like a simple form of plywood. The two layers would be held together by iron studs, and the structure might be strengthened and stiffened with ...

  6. Mughrabi Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Mughrabi gate is the only gate to the Temple Mount that the Waqf allows non-Muslims to use for visiting the Temple Mount complex. [7][8] The bridge is the only way to reach the gate. The bridge and excavation of the historic ramp leading up to the gate have been a point of contention contributing to the hostility of the Arab–Israeli conflict.

  7. Portcullis - Wikipedia

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    Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland The inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') [1] is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood and/or metal, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of ...

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