Hoarding (castle)
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A hoard or hoarding was a temporary wooden shed-like construction on the exterior of a castle during a siege that enabled the defenders to improve their field of fire along the length of a wall and, m
Reconstructed wooden hoarding around the Cité de Carcassonne, France
The interior of a reconstructed hoarding around Caerphilly Castle, Wales.
Putlog hole
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Putlog holes or putlock holes are small holes made in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles or beams, called putlogs or putlocks, to support a scaffolding. Putlog holes may extend throu
Hoarding (castle)
…ready for a siege. It is suspected that hoardings were stored as prefabricated elements in peacetime. Construction of hoardings was often facilitated by putlog holes, sockets that were left in the masonry of castle walls for wooden joists called "putlogs". However, some hoardings were supported on permanent stone…
Putlog holes in Cardiff castle
Putlog holes for hoardings are visible running along the top of the wall at Aigues-Mortes, France.
Most of the putlogs are still in place in this scaffolding; thus, the holes are visible.
A German plasterer at work with putlogs going into the half-timbered (fachwerk) walls