Watergate (architecture)

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Not to be confused with
Gate (water transport)
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A 19th-century image of the long-demolished Water Gate at Bristol Castle, England
Newport Castle in Wales, showing a 14th-century watergate directly beneath the central tower, allowing access to and from the tidal River Usk

A watergate (or water gate) is a

medieval times it enabled people and supplies to reach the castle or fortification directly from the water, and equally allowed those within the castle direct access to water transport.[1]

Examples

See also

  • Irrigation gate

References

  1. ^ Marilyn Stokstad, Medieval Castles, p.175

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