Bartizan

A bartizan is an overhanging, wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of ancient fortifications. They protect a warder and enable him to see around him. Bartizans generally are furnished with oylets or arrow slits.

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• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)