What is the entrance hall of a castle called?

Gatehouse. The castle gatehouse was a fortified entrance building set into the curtain walls, constructed around the castle gate.



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A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages, and continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing.

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Castle Battlements and Parapets The raised sections of the battlement were known as merlons and the lower parts were called crenels. Crenels, sometimes called embrasures, were regularly spaced gaps in the castle battlement. Castle defenders could take protection behind the merlons and fire arrows from the crenels.

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A bailey is the sturdy wall around a castle that keeps invaders out. The bailey of a medieval castle was usually built of stone. You might see a bailey — or the remains of one — if you tour a castle in England or France.

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In architecture, the talus is a feature of some late medieval castles, especially prevalent in crusader constructions. It consists of a battered (sloping) face at the base of a fortified wall.

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Putlog holes or putlock holes are small holes made in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles (small round logs) or beams, called putlogs or putlocks, to support a scaffolding. Putlog holes may extend through a wall to provide staging on both sides of the wall. Putlog holes in Cardiff castle.

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The inner bailey or inner ward of a castle is the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle. It is protected by the outer ward and, sometimes also a Zwinger, moats, a curtain wall and other outworks. Depending on topography it may also be called an upper bailey or upper ward.

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Features of a Medieval Castle Curtain Walls & Towers - the perimeter defensive wall. Fortified Gatehouse - the main castle entrance. Keep (aka Donjon or Great Tower) - the largest tower and best stronghold of the castle. Bailey or Inner Ward (courtyard) - the area within a curtain wall.

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The Castle Armory keeps most types of weapons from the 15th to the 19th century, from cold steel to the firing rifles and from blades to armors.

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Highlights of Buckingham Palace
  • The State Rooms. White Drawing Room © ...
  • The Throne Room. The Throne Room © ...
  • The Ballroom. The Ballroom at Buckingham Palace set up for a banquet © ...
  • Music Room. The Music Room © ...
  • The Picture Gallery. Picture Gallery, Buckingham Palace © ...
  • The Grand Staircase. ...
  • Palace Garden. ...
  • Changing the Guard.


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