The ramparts of the Walled Town of Monpazier (Bastide de Monpazier) have six fortified gates. Three of them remain, two at the north (rue St Jacques and rue Notre Dame), and one at the south (rue St Jacques).
The gates, located on the main roads, allowed passage, and were the boundary between the interior and exterior of the walled town.
In the existing towers, you can see the grooves for the portcullis and the hinges supporting the monumental wooden gates.
The exterior side of each gate has two pointed arches, one of which is low. The interior side has a barrel-arched archway.