31. The first fortification consisted of a wall and ditch surrounding an enceinte built partly on the wharf. 32. As soon as the enceinte was finished, eight detached forts from from the enceinte were constructed. 33. As soon as the enceinte was finished, eight detached forts from from the enceinte were constructed. 34. Located in the Sannomaru enceinte were the Tennosha shrine, which housed the guardian deity of the castle. 35. The rest of Deurne now lay outside the enceinte and became physically and mentally more separated from Antwerp. 36. The ruins suggest a'castle of enceinte 'like Loch Doon Castle with a massive walled enclosure. 37. The enceinte has nineteen openings or gateways, but of these seven are not used by the public. 38. There is also the enceinte des invites, an invitation-only standing area for 3, 000 people. 39. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone. 40. However, the outworks or defensive wall close to the enceinte were not considered as forming part of it.
