Halestrom Castle

(Fortification 002)
Introduction
Main (south) Gatehouse areas (001 - 015)
Southeast Tower areas (016 - 025)
Southeast Compartment areas (026 - 032)
East Tower areas (033 - 036)
Northeast Tower areas (037 - 046)
Northeast Compartment areas (047 - 059)
Secondary (north) Gatehouse areas (060 - 067)
Northwest Compartment areas (068 - 076)
Northwest Tower areas (077 - 085)
West Tower areas (086 - 089)
Southwest Compartment areas (090 - 100)
Southwest Tower areas (101 - 109)
Inner Bailey areas (110 - 134)
Exterior Causeway areas (135 - 137)

Southeast Compartment areas:

Area 026
location: Southeast Compartments G1 south chamber.
designation: Barracks.
description: This long room provides cramped quarters for units of the garrison company assigned to the south curtain wall perimeter.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' stone, vaulted.

Area 027
location: Southeast Compartments G1 east chamber.
designation: Storage.
description: This small room contains an assortment of various dry supplies. The stone staircase in the south corner (staircase E) spirals cw up to G2.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: room: 9' stone, vaulted. staircase: 7' stone, sloping.

Area 028
location: Southeast Compartments G1 east chamber.
designation: Storage.
description: Crates of supplies and provisions fill this room.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' stone, vaulted.

Area 029
location: Southeast Compartments G1 east chamber.
designation: Storage.
description: Crates of supplies and provisions fill this room.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' stone, vaulted.


Area 030
location: Southeast Compartments G2 south chamber.
designation: Barracks.
description: This compartment is divided by a central supporting wall. It provides cramped quarters for units of the garrison company assigned to the south curtain wall perimeter.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: room: 9' wood, flat. alcoves: 7' stone, flat.

Area 031
location: Southeast Compartments G2 east chamber.
designation: Barracks.
description: This compartment is divided by a central supporting wall. It provides cramped quarters for units of the garrison company assigned to the east curtain wall perimeter.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: room: 9' wood, flat. alcoves: 7' stone, flat. staircase: 7' stone, sloping.


Area 032
location: Southeast Curtain wall G3 top.
designation: Southeast curtain wall top.
description: This is the crenellated top of the curtain wall. The crenellations are 4' in height. The thin inner wall facing the bailey is only 2' in height. The center rectangular interiors of the southeast compartments are covered with A-frame, adobe clay tile roofs constructed over a flat, wood sub-roof. The southeast tower and south gatehouse rise approximately ten feet above the curtain wall top.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.



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