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The Clock Tower Entrance[1] is one of the three main entrances of Hogwarts Castle (the other two being the Viaduct Entrance and the main Entrance Hall). It consists of a large open space at the base of the Clock Tower with two stairwells going up towards the upper levels of the Tower. Opposite the main entry there is a large window. There is controversy however, as to why the window was placed there, considering if one looks at the whole structure of the Clock Tower, a building is propped right where the window is. A portrait of Damara Dodderidge was hung here[2] and, in 1995, so was a portrait of Temeritus Shanks.[1] The massive steel and iron pendulum of the Clock Mechanism above, swings slowly over this Entrance. The pendulum seems to have an imprint of a many armed star on it, if one looks closely at it with what appears to be runic symbols on the outer rim of the pendulum bob. The Entrance can be sealed with a portcullis (which can be lowered and raised with the aid of a lever)[3] and the massive double doors can be locked with numerous bolts.[4]

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Third-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Classrooms
Class 34 · Class 72 · Classroom 2E · Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Classroom 3D · Classroom 7A · Classroom off of the Charms corridor · Classroom off of the Gunhilda of Gorsemoor Corridor · Ghoul Studies classroom
Corridors
Charms corridor · Gallery · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor Corridor · One-Eyed Witch Passage · Serpentine Corridor · Third-floor corridor · Trophy Secret Passage
Halls and rooms
Armoury · Clock Tower Entrance · Hesperius Hall · Trophy Room · Vastus Vestibule
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Damara Dodderidge · Dinah Hecat's Hebridean Black skeleton · Drunk Monks · Google Flange · Basil Fronsac · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor · Merwyn the Malicious · Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington · Valeria Myriadd · Helena Ravenclaw · Brutus Scrimgeour · Temeritus Shanks · Shepherdess · Winged horse · Witch in green · Witch in Pompadour hairstyle · Wizard in black · Wizard in red
Staircases
Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Secret shortcut to the first floor · Staircase to the courtyard corridor · Staircase to the first-floor corridor · Staicase to the fourth-floor landing · Staircase to the ground-floor · Staircase to the second-floor arcade · Turret Stairwell · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Lost Wands · Storeroom
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