They say there were three small guardhouses on the outskirts of Bontoc pueblo, and armed Igorot from an outside town were not allowed to enter.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
In the case of 'head-hunters' the young men's barracks are invariably guardhouses, at the entrance to the village, and those on guard at night keep tally of the men who leave and return."
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
Only in the three fortified guardhouses, which had been hastily erected here, the feeble light of a lantern illumined the gloom.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers