page_title: Elevated entrance
hierarchical_section_title: Elevated entrance
caption_attribution_description: Česky: Klášter svaté Kateřiny pod horou Sinaj Deutsch: Katahrinenkloster, Sinai, Ägypten English: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt Türkçe: Aziz Katerina Manastırı, Sina, Mısır Français&#160;: Le monastère Sainte-Catherine, monastère orthodoxe situé sur les pentes du mont Sainte-Catherine, dans le sud de la péninsule du Sinaï, en Égypte.
context_page_description: An elevated entrance is a type of entrance, common in the design of medieval castles, that is not accessible from ground level, but lies at the level of an upper storey. The elevated entrance is the lowest and frequently the only way of entering a fortified building or residence. In the case of circular towers, a large opening in the main wall at ground level was a potential weakness and experts on castle design have argued that the elevated entrance served a structural as well as defensive purpose.
  Elevated entrances were also used in Antiquity. For example, the numerous limes watchtowers only had this type of entrance.
context_section_description: An elevated entrance is a type of entrance, common in the design of medieval castles, that is not accessible from ground level, but lies at the level of an upper storey. The elevated entrance is the lowest and frequently the only way of entering a fortified building or residence. In the case of circular towers, a large opening in the main wall at ground level was a potential weakness and experts on castle design have argued that the elevated entrance served a structural as well as defensive purpose.
  Elevated entrances were also used in Antiquity. For example, the numerous limes watchtowers only had this type of entrance.
caption: St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. The wooden oriel for the rope lift is visible above the modern entrance
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