Both Sides the Border, a Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
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The place was evidently built solely with an eye to defence, comfort being an altogether secondary consideration. It was a square building of rough stone, the walls broken only by narrow loopholes, and the door, which was ten feet above the ground, was reached by broad wooden steps, which could be hauled up in case of necessity, and were in fact raised every night. The building was some forty feet...
MoreThe place was evidently built solely with an eye to defence, comfort being an altogether secondary consideration. It was a square building of rough stone, the walls broken only by narrow loopholes, and the door, which was ten feet above the ground, was reached by broad wooden steps, which could be hauled up in case of necessity, and were in fact raised every night. The building was some forty feet square. The upper floor was divided into several chambers, which were the sleeping-places of its lord and master, his family, and the women of the household. The floor below, on to which the door from without opened, was undivided save by two rows of stone pillars that supported the beams of the floor above. In one corner the floor, some fifteen feet square, was raised somewhat above the general level; this was set aside for the use of the master and the family, the rest of the apartment was used as the living and sleeping room of the followers and hinds of the fortalice.
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