No, I wasn't able to pillage anything. When I got to the entrance, people had to take off their belts and empty their pockets in order to get in. No way to hide the battle axe.
Yes, you can still ride to the top, but the security is a lot tougher than it used to be. The reason you probably won't a shot of it like that, is that I had to use multiple images, stitched together, and then curve bended to get one that close that till had the entire arch in it.