-
Angus added gunloops for
artillery at
Tantallon Castle...
- Raglan's
gunloops were of an
early period,
later surp****ed in
other castles. More
recent explanations emphasise the
prestigious symbolism of
gunloops for the...
- windows, scroll-sided dormers, turrets, corbels, rope-moulded
stringing and
gunloops. It
underwent extensive restoration work
between 2002 and 2010, and again...
-
remains of an
earlier 16th- or 15th-century
tower house, with two rows of
gunloops for
early cannon still visible. A
smaller east wing, of the mid 16th century...
- Look up
embrasure or
crenel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
embrasure (or
crenel or crenelle;
sometimes called gunhole in the
domain of gunpowder-era...
-
machicolations and
eighteen gunloops: a high
number for a gateway, and
among the
earliest gunholes in Britain. The
gunloops would have been
added by the...
-
spiral staircase, "second only to
Fyvie Castle,
while its
triple tiers of
gunloops are
without parallel in Scotland, if not Europe". However,
Balfour was...
- iron grille, remains.
Guardrooms on
either side
overlook the p****age via
gunloops, and also on the
ground floor is a well, in the ba****t of the
round tower...
- Some
gunloops at
Blackness Castle date from Finnart's works...
-
could have been
protected at short-range with hand guns,
although the
gunloops for
these were of an
antiquated design for the period, and a
moated earthwork...
