Fortified gateway

A fortified gateway is an element of a variety of fortified structures, such as a castle or walled town. Fortified gates or gateways appear in the Bronze Age and reach into the modern times.

Torburg


In German, a "Torburg", lit. "gate castle", is a relatively autonomous and heavily fortified gateway of a castle or town. Medieval castle gateways of this type usually have additional fortifications in front of them. A common form is the tower gateway (German: Turmtorburg); a variant is the bastion gateway (German: Halbrundturmtorburg). They are common in Europe.

France
Château du Sou in Lacenas

Germany

 * Deutsches Tor in Metz
 * Ehrentor, Eigelsteintorburg, Hahnentorburg, Kuniberts Tower, Schaafentor and Severin Gate in Cologne
 * Town fortifications of Erkelenz
 * Friedländer Tor in Neubrandenburg
 * Marching Gate and Bridge Gate in Aachen as well as Aachen's city walls
 * Upper Gate in Neuss
 * Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace
 * Star Gate in Bonn
 * Fortified gateway of Stolberg Castle in Stolberg (Rhineland)
 * Porta Alba, Porta Nigra and Imperial Baths in Trier

Romania (Transylvania)

 * Stundturm in Sighișoara

United Kingdom

 * Westgate at Canterbury
 * Balkerne Gate at Colchester
 * Bargate, Southampton
 * Castle Upton in Templepatrick, Northern Ireland
 * Kingsgate and Westgate, Winchester
 * Monnow Bridge, Monmouth - the only surviving type in Britain with the gatehouse positioned on the bridge
 * Portgate on Hadrian's Wall
 * Five Arches Gate and Whitesand Gate at Tenby
 * Micklegate Bar and other gates at York

On coats of arms

 * Bad Kissingen
 * Dinslaken
 * Königswinter
 * Limerick
 * Neubrandenburg
 * Uedem
 * Wassenberg
 * Wiehl