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castles were made of stone, stone is a very efficient way to keep heat out. so castles were often very cold. especially in winter. the dampness also has to do with the stones. the stones make the castle more damp
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Most rooms in castles were unheated, and many times the windows were unglazed. The heated rooms in the castles had large vents for ventilation, and so the wind could blow through.
Chimneys were not invented until the 12th century, and so there were no fireplaces in most rooms. Instead, there were great halls that were heated by fires on hearths or braziers placed more or less in the middles of the rooms. The smoke rose to the roof and was ducted out through a large hole in the roof, usually covered by a thing called a louver to keep rain out, or through window like holes high in the walls under the roof peaks. The great hall usually had a number of partitions in it, dividing it up into such things as living quarters and offices.
There was a sort of thing called a smoke canopy, which gathered smoke to be ducted outside through a hole in the wall. This allowed a fire in a room smaller than a great hall. While there are many pictures of these in medieval kitchens, I have never seen a picture of one in a room other than a kitchen, and would guess that such use was rather uncommon.
As to the reason castles were dark, their use for defense required very narrow windows to protect people in the castle from arrows. Also the windows were in walls so thick the area they lighted was often mostly just the window sill.
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