Machicolation
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In architecture, a machicolation is an opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which defenders can target attackers who have reached the base of the defensive wall. A smaller re
15th-century machicolations of Craigmillar Castle in Scotland
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
Machicolation
…base of the defensive wall. A smaller related structure that only protects key points of a fortification is referred to as a bretèche. Machicolation, hoarding, bretèches, and murder holes are all similar defensive features serving the same purpose: to enable defenders atop a defensive structure to target…
Reconstructed wooden hoarding around the Cité de Carcassonne, France
The interior of a reconstructed hoarding around Caerphilly Castle, Wales.