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Castle Architecture
Bedrooms, Bathing,
and what did they do without indoor Plumbing?
Solars and Squints
Castle lords and ladies generally lived in the upper stories of the keep in a room called a solar. These might be divided with partitions, but the main feature of the room would be the bed. The lord's bed would be made with a heavy wooden frame and have a canopy that would be pulled back during daylight hours. Comfort was provided with feather mattresses and springs made from interlaced ropes or staps. These beds would be dismantled taken with the lord when he traveled.
Lords and ladies might have kept separate chambers, each accompanied by their attendants who would sleep on palettes, benches, or small mattresses on the floor.
Medieval furniture included intricately carved wooden chests for clothing and wall pegs to hang robes. A small stool might have been in the room to be used while dressing. Armchairs became popular in the late Middle Ages.
Castle guests, the lord's eldest son and the castle steward would occupy chambers on higher levels. These rooms would be equipped with peepholes calls squints that were used to monitor the activity below.
Tubs and the Bathman
Bathing was done in wooden tubs padded with cloth. Privacy provided by tents or canopies. When the lord traveled, the tub traveled with him, maintained by a bathman who was also responsible for heating the water. In warmer weather the tub might be placed outside near the garden while during the winter the bathing would be done close to a chamber fireplace.
Some castles in the late Middle Ages engineered hot and cold running water to certain rooms in the castle, but these were rare. Other castles had permanent "bath rooms" with tiled floors.
Medieval Garderobes and Gong Farmers
Even the grandest castle didn't have bathroom facilities. Usually latrines or garderobes would be built into a castle wall overhanging the ground or water below. Some garderobes had wooden seats but many were simply carved into the castle stone. These could be quite uncomfortable, especially in the winter! Iron bars were placed on some garderobe chutes to keep invading armies from using them as a point of entry.
Garderobes would be placed near bedchambers and other parts of the castle, some partitioned with screens for privacy, but many were rather exposed. Chamber pots were popular throughout the Middle Ages and straw was used as Medieval toilet paper. Larger castles had dedicated latrine towers, and the person with the unsavory job of emptying the latrine was called a gong farmer.
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∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThere was no plumbing in most medieval castles. Water was only available at cisterns or wells, and it was carried from those places to other places where it might be used in buckets.
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∙ 9y agoNo. There was no pipes in the castles. They had cisterns for water and if they were under siege that was one of the things that could hold out if they were able to store water.
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What food and drinks did they have in medieval castles?
water ,fruits , raw vegetables, nuts ,animal meat
What do they throw down murder holes in medieval castles?
molten lead boiling tar boiling oil boiling water dead bodies dung hot sand heavy stones
Did they Have blimps in Medieval Times?
Well obviously not. The technology needed was just not available back then. They didn't even have running water.
How did peasants in the medieval ages get there water And what it there wasn't a woman in the family to get the water?
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What were water called surrounds the castle in middle ages?
The water surrounding a castle is called a moat however most castles did not have a moat.
How did medieval castles have water accessible on all floors?
They don't! A member of someone in the Castle would get some water out side from a nearby tap, or river and than take it back into ther room!
Why did castles not have water accessible on all floors?
yes they did they had buckets to carry water from the well 143
Did medieval castle have water in all floors?
No, there was no plumbing.
How did castles get water to all floors?
People carried it up manually, such as in wash basins.
Did castles have water accessible on all floors?
Yes they did, but only if someone carried it there. Few had anything other than a well in the keep to draw water from. Water for washing and drinking was available at a central drawing point on each floor.
What were the castles main defenses in medieval age?
A castles main defense were it's high stone walls and sometimes a mote, a channel of water
What food and drinks did they have in medieval castles?
water ,fruits , raw vegetables, nuts ,animal meat
What do they throw down murder holes in medieval castles?
molten lead boiling tar boiling oil boiling water dead bodies dung hot sand heavy stones
How were medieval castles built to prevent unwanted people?
Castles were often located on high ground with only a single approach available for entry to the building. They incorporated functional security methods such as guards in turrets, moats, drawbridges and much of the standard fare noted from writing and mainstream media.Some were made of heavy stone with small slitted windows to make damaging them or their occupants difficult. Castles could often hold invaders to a standstill falling only with huge effort by external forces or when the occupants ran out of food and water.
Did motte and bailey castles have wells?
Like all forms of castles built or planned in pre-modern times, a source of water was always considered to be of vital importance, especially in anticipation of sieges by enemy forces. Where well-water was not available at a given site (as it often was not), every effort was made to construct castles astride or at least near springs, rivers, or other sources of fresh water.
Did they Have blimps in Medieval Times?
Well obviously not. The technology needed was just not available back then. They didn't even have running water.
Why were Norman castles surrounded with water?
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