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)

East Tower areas:

Area 033
location: East Tower G1 chamber.
designation: Armory.
description: This vitally important room is permitted limited access through one staircase (staircase H) that is under constant guard. Though the garrison troops have their personal weapons, all manner of surplus weapons are stored here.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' stone, vaulted. alcoves: 7' stone, flat. passage: 7' stone, vaulted. staircase: 7' stone, sloping.


Area 034
location: East Tower G2 east chamber.
designation: Laboratory.
description: This is the realm of the castle's wizard. A great hearth dominates the east wall, while the remainder of the room is filled with an assortment of alchemical tools, cages with small animals, and crates of alchemical supplies.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' wooden, flat. alcoves: 7' stone, flat.

Area 035
location: East Tower G2 west chamber.
designation: Library.
description: This room is shared by the castle's clergy, wizard and ruling family. Tomes containing a wide variety of topics are stored here. A short arcade of twin lancet window alcoves face into the inner bailey and provide partial lighting for the library.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.
ceiling: 9' wooden, flat. alcoves: 7' stone, flat. passage: 7' stone, vaulted. staircase: 7' stone, sloping.


Area 036
location: East Tower G3 roof.
designation: East tower roof.
description: This is the crenellated top of the east tower. The crenellations are 4' in height. The thin inner wall facing the bailey is only 2' in height. The center rectangular interior is covered with an A-frame adobe clay tile roofs constructed over a flat, wood sub-roof. The tower roof is the same height as the curtain wall.
floor: stone.
walls: stone.



Darkfuries: Castles and Keeps Copyright © 2002 by Brian K. Moseley. All rights reserved.