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Gatehouse
A building forming the gate of a castle , generally encompassing a narrow passageway with several gates. Often the gatehouses were fitted with arrow-slits, murder-holes, or other ingenious defensive devices designed to wreck havoc upon the besiegers as they attempted to storm the gates. Some gatehouses held lodgings for guards with rooms for officers above and prisoners below.
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