Thesaurus Term/Concept: POSTERN

Identifier 68901
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A small gateway cut through the curtain wall or its flanking towers. Used primarily as an outlet for counter-attacking forces.

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Instances/Examples (12)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE4958 Medieval postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE93181 Medieval Postern, Queningate, City Walls, Broadstreet (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104035 Original Granite setts of the West Sallyport of The Citadel, Western Heights, Dover. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE5260 Postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE5261 Postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE1174 Precinct wall and sites of postern gate and gateway, St Mary's Abbey, West Malling (Monument)
Monument Type MKE17610 Probable Postern Gate of Sandwich Town Walls (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97308 Queningate Postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE4990 St Mildred's Postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97307 St Mildreds Postern (Monument)
Monument Type MKE2284 The Chatham Lines, Chatham and Gillingham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE33480 WALL AND POSTERN GATE TO EAST OF DAVINGTON PRIORY (Listed Building)