Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.21

c17.s3.21

The plan of the gate is complex, with three double doors and two rectangular barbicans, 9.00 m. X 6.00 m. (in plan) each, 24.00 m. X 30.00 m. and 24.00 m. X 24.00 m. respectively. The outer most door flanked by the two imposing circular bastions faces west. Each entrance is provided with a flight of steps. The outer most entrance has got guard-rooms on the sides. It leads to the first barbican with guard rooms on the north and the east, further to a well near the south-east corner and to the second (Illn. 114) entrance in the southern wall. The second entrance leads to the second barbican with guard-rooms on the west and the south and further to the third entrance with guard rooms on the sides in the eastern wall.