Talk:Rufus Castle
Add topicLatest comment: 7 years ago by Dean1954 in topic Misunderstanding the holes in the wall?
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Misunderstanding the holes in the wall?
[edit]'The castle, constructed in the form of a pentagon, has 7-foot-thick (2.1 m) walls to the landward elevations pierced by numerous medieval gun ports.' I think the numerous holes referred to are put-log holes. They are an artifact of the construction method of the time. There is one gun-loop in the centre of each wall. To have lots of them would imply far more cannon than a 15th century small fort would have.Dean1954 (talk) 15:21, 15 June 2019 (UTC)