This photo shows the towers at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire. Battlements were walls on the roof of a castle. They had higher walls, called merlons, with lower gaps between, called crenels.

This photo shows the towers at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire. Battlements were walls on the roof of a castle. They had higher walls, called merlons, with lower gaps between, called crenels.

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