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Defensive features of Beaumaris Castle
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Defensive features of Beaumaris Castle The main feature of this castle, quite evident from any cursory look, is the concentric nature of its defences, even taking into account that its strongest parts are the two gatehouse-complexes, the north and the south. But even within this scheme, we can see a number of other features which reinforce the effectiveness of the defences both concentric and linear - i.e. those which would have to be approached and overwhelmed in a line or sequentially. Let's go back in time. Let us assume that we are a Gwynnedd-Nationalist force of about 1,000 men and teenage boys over 13, and about 50 to 100 horsemen, and a couple of stone-throwing-machines, approaching the castle from the side where the dock is. It's all we can hope to raise in a summer, from the 1,500 farmsteads and hutments that comprise the heart of our Principality, and the men and boys will...
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