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Animation showing the operation of a drawbridge. A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.In some forms of English, including American English, the word drawbridge commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the ...
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during ... Water moats were found in low-lying areas and were usually crossed by a drawbridge, although these were ...
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, ... There was originally a drawbridge over the moat in the north east.
Archaeologists expose parts of the drawbridge and moat at Sheffield Castle.
The main entrance to the castle is through the western barbican, an exterior defence in front of the main gate. [42] When first built, the barbican was reached over a drawbridge and a masonry ramp that came up sharply from the town below; the modern path cuts east along the outside of the walls. [42]
Urquhart Castle (/ ˈ ɜːr k ər t / ⓘ UR-kərt; Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal na Sròine) is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road , 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Inverness and two kilometres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles) east of Drumnadrochit .
A medieval-style, castle-like home in Michigan that sits on a hill surrounded by woods on more than 6 acres is for sale at $2.5 million. Castle with drawbridge, moat, hidden rooms and dungeon for ...
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf ...