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)
Introduction:
Halestrom Castle is comprised of four above ground levels that contain a total of five floors. Components
include four octagonal towers, four interior compartments adjacent to the curtain walls, one large
rectangular tower, one medium rectangular tower, four small rectangular staircase towers, a great,
main gatehouse, a large, secondary gatehouse, eight sections of curtain wall, ten bailey buildings,
a wide, filled moat, an exterior causeway with a small gate, and an interim landing in front of the
great gatehouse.
Floorplan Notes:
- Areas are listed sequentially, and numbered as close as possible in physical proximity by floorplan level.
- Unless otherwise stated, all floor, wall and ceiling composition entries of "stone" indicate cut granite block.
- G1 (ground level 1, 1st floor): first floor of all components, beginning height 5' above the moat.
- G1a (ground level 1, 2nd floor): bailey second floor, beginning height 15'.
- G2 (ground level 2): tower and compartment second floors, beginning height 25'.
- G3 (ground level 3): curtain wall top, roof of all interior shells, beginning height 45'.
- G4 (ground level 4): roof of the octagonal towers, beginning height 55'.
Darkfuries: Castles and Keeps
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