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Moat is used for the fosse or ditch surrounding the enclosure and dungeon for any prison since the keep , and particularly its basement , was occasionally so used . The keep originates as a defensible residence consisting of a common ...
Moat is used for the fosse or ditch surrounding the enclosure and dungeon for any prison since the keep , and particularly its basement , was occasionally so used . The keep originates as a defensible residence consisting of a common ...
Page 145
Though many chambers described as prisons were in fact storehouses or even latrines , later castles usually had a strong - room for this purpose e.g. Bolton , in the basement of tower , still with staple for fetters ; Knaresborough ...
Though many chambers described as prisons were in fact storehouses or even latrines , later castles usually had a strong - room for this purpose e.g. Bolton , in the basement of tower , still with staple for fetters ; Knaresborough ...
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Storage STORAGE The principal store was the basement of the keep which provided both room and security for magazines , both of provisions and arms , within a confined space leaving the muster - ground in the centre of the bailey as ...
Storage STORAGE The principal store was the basement of the keep which provided both room and security for magazines , both of provisions and arms , within a confined space leaving the muster - ground in the centre of the bailey as ...
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