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Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, securely closing them off during times of attack or siege. Every portcullis was mounted in vertical grooves in the walls of the castle and could be raised or lowered quickly by using chains or ropes attached to an internal winch. Portcullises had an advantage over standard gates in ...
A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most heavily armed section of a fortification, to compensate for being structurally the weakest and the ...
Castle in the Clouds is today owned and operated by the Castle Preservation Society, a private 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. The Castle, Carriage House, gift shop, art gallery and Cafe and Patio are open to the public from late May to early October. [6] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [2]
Castle Rushen's portcullis chamber with so-called murder holes to attack intruders trapped between the two portcullis. The keep of Castle Rushen's first line of defence is an outer wall, 25 feet (7.6 m) high and 7 feet (2.1 m) thick.
Fort William and Mary sketch by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). On December 14, 1774, local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by local political leader and rebel activist John Langdon, stormed the post (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison's gunpowder supply, which was distributed to local militia through several New Hampshire towns for potential use in the ...
New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is the smallest and easternmost town in New Hampshire and the only one located entirely on islands.
Building was moved to NH from Billerica, Massachusetts, in 2010. Once thought to date from 1665; architectural survey estimates c.1725 Newington Old Parsonage: Newington: 1765 [8] Located at 2 New Hampshire 4 in Dover Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge: Bath and Woodsville: 1829 Oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire
The Richman Margeson Estate was a historic summer estate in Newington, New Hampshire.Formerly located in the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge but not open to the public, the house was demolished in 2016.