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This was weaponry
on an industrial scale and such was its military
value that the King's Great Arsenal, as St Briavels came to be known,
was heavily fortified. It was given a new defensive ditch,
three iron portcullises and this massive two-towered
gatehouse behind me, built with huge spurs to prevent
undermining in a siege
on an industrial scale and such was its military
value that the King's Great Arsenal, as St Briavels came to be known,
was heavily fortified. It was given a new defensive ditch,
three iron portcullises and this massive two-towered
gatehouse behind me, built with huge spurs to prevent
undermining in a siege
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This was weaponry
on an industrial scale
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and such was its military
value that the King's Great Arsenal,
00:00:08.002 --> 00:00:11.072
as St Briavels came to be known,
was heavily fortified.
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It was given a new defensive ditch,
three iron portcullises
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and this massive two-towered
gatehouse behind me,
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built with huge spurs to prevent
undermining in a siege.
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Movie Summary
Dr Sam Willis traces the history of the weapons that have shaped Britain.
