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Pregunta 78

A raiding party reaches a castle gateway. The garrison drops a heavy grille into the entrance passage and raises the crossing over the ditch behind it. Which two features have they used?

  1. A portcullis and a drawbridgeRespuesta correcta
  2. A drawbridge and a battering ram
  3. A portcullis and a battering ram
  4. A murder hole and a moat around the outer defences

Explicación

The grille that slides down vertical grooves to seal a passage and the span that can be lifted to break the crossing of the ditch are two different fittings working together at the same entrance. Bringing in a battering ram fails because that was a tool carried up by attackers to break a gate open, not a device the defenders could operate from inside.

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