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What is a part of a castle called crenellations?
What were the parts of the Castle called Crenellations?
What were the ridges on a castle called?
Crenellations is on the top of the castle wall, and looks like a sawtooth pattern. The teeth are called Merlons, and the gaps between are called embrasures.
What geometric shape is a Reese cup?
Ignoring the crenellations it is a truncated cone.
What are crenellations for?
A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
What were the gaps in fortification battlements called?
The battlements themselves are known as crenellations and the gaps within them are known as crenels or embrasures. Please see the related links.
What are the sticky up bits on castle walls?
They are called crenellations, the individual bits are called crenels, and the down bits are called merlons.
Where is the crenellations in a medieval castle?
Crenels or crenellations are the up-and-down bits at the top of a wall allowing defenders protection (behind the tall bits) and space to shoot arrows (from the lower parts). Some crenels included arrow slits in the tall parts as well. Many castles, such as Dover, have had the upper parts of the walls removed so the crenels no longer exist. See links below for images:
What is a medieval crenellation?
Crenellations, also called battlements, are the defensive structures found on many castles. They consist of merlons (the higher parts which were used to hide behind) and crenels (the gaps you can use to shoot through).
What are the jagged things on top of castles?
I believe you are talking about parapets, the stones with space left between them to allow archers to fire without exposing themselves No, the parapet is what you are standing on. Battlements are the 'jagged things', otherwise known as crenellations.
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