Inside Scarborough Castle Keep by Fred255
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Scarborough Castle's tall keep, barbican, and great curtain wall dominate the Yorkshire headland above the town and harbor of Scarborough. Built during 1136-1212 by William le Gros, King Henry II, and King John, this royal castle was important in national and local politics and defense throughout the Middle Ages, but was badly damaged by Parliamentarian cannon in 1645.
The keep itself was the final place of defense. It had three or four stories and was nearly 100 feet tall, crowned with four towers and battlements. A-pitched roof for the keep may have been countersunk lower than the top of the walls, where a fourth story could have been. The entrance to the keep was on the second floor, reached by an outer staircase that passed through a projecting entryway, turned, and then climbed more steps to the main hall of the keep.
The main hall was divided in half (north to south) by a long arch. Below this, and reached by a spiral stair in the now ruined west wall, was a basement used for storage. The privies would also have been in the thicker west wall. Above the small entry hall was a small chapel for the personal devotions of the lord (the governor) of the castle. The third floor was also divided by arches. It was the castle governor's living space and semiprivate audience hall. The governor and his lady probably would have had their own chamber, but servants and children would have slept in the same room or right outside (guards and normal servants would have slept and eaten in the main hall of the keep).
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Comments (13)
PD154
The mossy walls are great, I bet the smaell in here is captivating, good one David.
MrsRatbag
Wonderful shot of these old ruins; love the texture of the stones and the POV!
ontar1
Cool, excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
elfin14doaks
Very cool and totally awesome capture.
babuci
Excelent texture and light tones against a dark empty windows.
bmac62
Privy thoughts always bring us back to the good ole days probably weren't so good.
koosievantutte
fine shot of an impressive building.
rainbows
impressive capture of this fine old ruin. Sunny hugs. Spider. xx
petercp
There is certainly more to this building than meets the eye, the design of all the rooms ready for defence from any given point, guards sleeping in the main hall most certainly food for my over active imagination.
tizjezzme
I love how the bricks always come out on your pictures ... do you use topaz on most of them? I just love it!
greensleeves81
Your perspectives are always exellent! Great details. I have only heard about the place Scarborough, in a song 'Are you going to Scarborough fair'. It should be a famous fair.
dorothylee
Love the texture. Great capture!
lucindawind
you do the most wondrful POV's this is excellent