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Outremer prisons below normal level , sometimes even beneath another prison cell . It was characterised by a lack of facilities for egress and shortage of light . It is often found in Scottish castles ( ' pit ' ) and there is a bottle ...
Outremer prisons below normal level , sometimes even beneath another prison cell . It was characterised by a lack of facilities for egress and shortage of light . It is often found in Scottish castles ( ' pit ' ) and there is a bottle ...
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Prisons a quite loose , and not uncomfortable , form of restraint in which their prison walls were co - extensive with the walls of the enceinte and they had their own servants and food ( though they had to pay for both e.g. in the ...
Prisons a quite loose , and not uncomfortable , form of restraint in which their prison walls were co - extensive with the walls of the enceinte and they had their own servants and food ( though they had to pay for both e.g. in the ...
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keep ; Blairfindy , the former ' hunting tower ' of the earls of Huntly ( DE ? ) . ( 10 ) . GRANDTULLY , Perthshire 8951 C16 ? etc. CH Family seat of Stewarts with nucleus of tower - house and gatehouse ( with prison ) ...
keep ; Blairfindy , the former ' hunting tower ' of the earls of Huntly ( DE ? ) . ( 10 ) . GRANDTULLY , Perthshire 8951 C16 ? etc. CH Family seat of Stewarts with nucleus of tower - house and gatehouse ( with prison ) ...
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