The drawbridge at Threave Castle near Castle Douglas (above) went over a moat flooded with water from the River Dee. A portcullis was a heavy metal gate at the entrance of a castle. The defenders ...
Hewn out of the rock, they’re embedded with iron rings ... each had a portcullis too. Cadw said: “Such a sophisticated ...
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