Illustration depicting a typical medieval turning bridge in front of a castle gatehouse, with two drawings showing how the mechanism worked below

Date:
1992
Reference:
IC267/007
Type:
Artwork
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Description

The drawing is reproduced as figure 51 on page 101 of The English Heritage Book of Castles by Tom McNeil (1992).

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC267 The English Heritage Book of Castles; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Evans, Chris

Keywords

Medieval Castle, Medieval Gatehouse, Bridge