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'Some Marvellous Methods by which the Medieval Castles Were Defended', c1934. Illustration showing engineering methods used to repulse attacks. The accompanying text explains that a 'pivoted bridge across the moat was so balanced that if a number of the enemy jumped...upon it the bridge overbalanced...and would tilt and shoot the intruders into pits where poisonous snakes were kept'. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume One, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]
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AR9484213
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2669px × 3264px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1930s
20th century
ARCHITECTURAL
Architecture
Attack
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Bridge
Britain
British
building
BUILDINGS
Castle
CHARLES
Charles Ray
concept
country
cutaway view
Defence
DEFENDING
Defense
Drawbridge
England
English
Fortification
History
LOCATION
Medieval
Middle Ages
MOAT
Monochrome
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RAY
snake pit
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THIRTIES
unusual