Oh I get so confused. Battlements on castles were crenellated but you
needed a licence from the king to do it.
Andrew Fildes
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On 28/02/2007, at 9:17 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
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> You will find, I think, that "crenellated" is the word, AndrewF.
> There is such a word as "crenulated" (in addition to your fevered
> imagination ;-)), but it means scalloped, I gather; I had never seen
> it before so I looked it up with the rather convenient Mac
> dictionary :-)
>
> Chris
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> On 28 Feb 2007, at 09:26, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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>> These churches have crenulated 'battlements' that extend above the
>> gutter line - there's probably a simple gable roof behind that false
>> front. Note the position of the rainwater collection points.
>> Andrew Fildes
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>>
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