Saphroneth
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...hold on, I think I see the misunderstanding.I dunno, my friend seen a few castles in Europe that has a singular HUGE gate (a whole column could go through, not just a trio) and a few smaller ones where one could conceivably enter triple file even with weapons.
What your friend saw was probably a castle that underwent later refurbishment and upgrading, making it into a larger work. Early stone castles were not all that large.Let's suppose you have a 1100s Norman Castle, one of the earlier stone fortifications.