portcullis
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It sits within the topics Castle architecture, Heraldic charges and Types of gates.
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- gate
- Part of
- fortification
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- Cahir Castle Portcullis by Kevin King.jpg
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- Portcullises
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thumb|Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, [[County Limerick, Ireland]] thumb|The inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in [[Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy]]
A portcullis ( "sliding gate") is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. It consists of a latticed grille made of wood and/or metal, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “portcullis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.