Topic summary
Machicolations
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Machicolation.
Origins and regional prevalence
Machicolations were more common in French castles than English, where they are usually restricted to the gateway, as in the 13th-century Conwy Castle. Within France, machicolation is more common on southern castles. One of the oldest extant examples of machicolation in northern France is at Château de Farcheville, which was built from 1290 to 1304.