MAIN GATE

  Two towers 30’ high with battlements, flank a gatehouse 20’ high.  All have holes for bow and crossbow fire.  A deep crevice in front of the place is spanned by a drawbridge (usually up).  There is a portcullis at the entry and large gates at the far end of the passage.  The passage is about 10’ wide and high, the ceiling above pierced with murder holes, and walls to either side slitted for archery.  It is obvious that the building is constructed of great blocks of the hardest granite, undoubtedly common throughout the entire fortress.
  Two men-at-arms will approach when the drawbridge is lowered and the portcullis raised.  Each is clad in plate mail and carries a pole arm.  They require that persons entering the keep put their weapons away, and then will escort them through the short tunnel into the entry yard.