Traps and Obstacles of a Castle Gatehouse and How They Developed | Anatomy of Castles

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00:00 What is a Gatehouse?
00:42 Castle Without a Gate
01:14 City Gates
01:35 The Early Development of Gatehouses
02:27 Gatehouse Door
03:58 Drawbridge
04:52 Flanking Towers
05:23 The Approach
05:58 Portcullis
07:21 The Portcullis Trap
07:50 Murder Holes and Arrowslits
09:02 Divine Protection
09:35 Trap Doors
10:02 The Later Development of Gatehouses
11:35 Gatekeep / Harlech Castle
12:33 One of the Most Defensive Gatehouses
13:37 Built to Impress
Music by Vindsvept (Night of the Fae)
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[@TrangDB9]

At some point attackers may just have said: screw the gatehouse, we're attacking the wall.

[@sadrapouya8529]

and then trenches said f*#@ you

[@PickleRick65]

Great video 👌👍💪💪

[@catsmeow5566]

Thank you. This is very interesting.

[@McHaven07]

I didn't know that about the construction of main doors, the alternating wood grains. Very cool.

[@coo4522]

This was really enjoyable and had good information in it. Thanks for posting!

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Amazing history class.. especially if you're a minecrafter looking for ideas..

[@rancidcrawfish]

Thanks for making it gae

[@kinslowrainer3982]

Hi. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work! I'm currently reading the book Castles: Their Construction and History by Sidney Toy, and I just finished the section on gatehouses a couple of days ago. Can I ask where you got some of the cross-section pictures of castles from? The very first picture of the video, for example, and also the image you used in the section on Harlech where you highlighted the keep and gatehouse in red. Thanks.

[@KobeanHistory]

Thanks! :) The first one is I got from this site: www.q-files.com/history/castles-knights/castle-gatehouse The second one you asked for I found on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/pin/434315957800958264/ Medieval heritage is a good site as well, they got lots of illustrations of Welsh castles: medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/wales/

[@kinslowrainer3982]

@@KobeanHistory Thanks. That Medieval Heritage site looks very interesting.

[@julianrv8968]

Me gusta mucho este video está bien hecho

[@danwilson1040]

As everyone Knows the Moat was full of sharks and crocodiles but you forgot to mention that

[@robnewman6101]

The murder holes of Bodiam Castle.

[@robnewman6101]

Wow.

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

Great

[@gm2407]

I like how you assume the port cullis could be lifted up. It only requires a bit of wood to slide between two sides of the port cullis into slots and through a square gap and it can be locked in place from above.

[@KobeanHistory]

Do you have any examples of this? I suppose that could work depending on the type of portcullis but I haven’t found any records of a lock like that being used, if you know of any please let me know as I’d like to look into it.

[@gm2407]

@@KobeanHistory I lack the evidence of this, as what I stated is an alternative supposition, so I want to be clear I am not calling you out on the assumption as being wrong, just that there was a latteral option availavle . We know that it is effectively the same idea as barring a door with a beam which we do have evidence for. With beams pushed through from the guardhouse accross the door into the other guard house. Which Goodrich castle did for the gate as an example. Perhaps I am mistaken as the chace of people being able to escape when being stabbed and barraged in the killzone might not necessitate the need to lock the port cullis into place.

[@robnewman6101]

Would a Castle like to have five portcullis?

[@robnewman6101]

I wish France was a Monarch today. Its so sad & such a shame its not anymore. R.I.P French Royalists. R.I.P gone Kingdom of France. 👑⚜️👑 😔🙏🤲🥀➕✝️⛪ ⚜️ ⚜️

[@AnomalyDevisor]

remind me in 1 year, to subscribe to your patreon

[@robnewman6101]

A sieged castle.

[@aaronsaunders6974]

symbol on shirt i seen that before. dk what it is?