Visitors to a castle were left trapped in its walls after its drawbridge was damaged in a freak accident involving a cherry-picker.
The crane was making its way up the drawbridge of Castell Coch, Tongwynlais, when the walkway gave way and tilted upwards, catapulting the machine further inside the entrance of the Victorian landmark.
It then became wedged against a wall between the portcullis and gate, leaving around 20 people stranded inside the castle.
The 2.9 tonne machine was being used to carry out repair work on roof tiles.
[Guests were] treated to a sword-fighting demonstration while they waited.
July 7th, 2010 at 8:54PM
It’s a little like a mundane echo of the Castle of Otranto’s plummeting helmet. Machinery replaces peculiarly outsized armour, and bemused entertainment replaces eroticism, manipulativeness, and terror.
Still exciting, though.