The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-09

ably as a depot for provisions. Below
were caves above We're three stages of
furnished apartments, with fireplaces in
each These apartments were lit by big
windows on the western side Commun-
ication is made by passage, with the
square tower, on the summit of which
were watch towers commanding a view
over the curtain wall on the south side,
to the country beyond. This curtain
wall guarding the smaller courtyard is
the only one unconneCted with build
inss: it is pierced by postern with
folding gates and a drawbridge, the
foot of this gate being IS feet above the
outer base of the wall This postern
was probably furnished with a hopper,
so that provisions might be brought
into the castle without the carriers en-
tering the court. Another gate and
portcullis cuts off this courtyard from
the large court. The square tower
which guards it is five stages high, and
could, if necessary, be cut off from the
keep. as the only means of connection
was by means of the aforementioned
winding passage. The southeast corner,
which was the most exposed. was
guarded by tower possessing a watch
tower and five stages of defenses.
On the left of the court yard as we
enter is the great hail. and communi
eating with 1t second hail. from which
one passed through a vestibule to the
tower. at the w angle. The tower
probably contained oubliettes. Above
the ground floor was a vaulted room,
and beneath dungeon % feet deep,
reached by an eyehole pierced in the
roof. so that the only descent was by
a ladder or rope. In the center of the
floor of this dungeon was a well 26 feet
deep with an opening five feet three
inches in circumference corresponding
with the opening above. A closet seat
was built in the thickness of the wall
light or air holes there were none.
The great hall served as q hall of
Justice Prisoners brought before the
tribunal were introduced to the outer
hall from the guard house. After be-
ing questioned in the small tower ad-
joining they were, if guilty, brought
before the tribunal to hear Judgment
pronounced upon them, thence led to
one of the rooms in the tower or thrown
into the dungeon according to the pen
atty inflicted on them. If innocent, they
departed as they came. by the guard
| house. unable to give the slightest de-
| tails with regard to the interior con-
! stIucton Of the castle
The garrison lodged in the northeast
wing. The kitchens were probably on
| the ground floor. The upper floors were
| reached by means Of a double staircase.
| pOStern allowed the Watrn TO come
! in and out in times of siege before the
| lists were gained. Once inside this
| postern it was necessary to know the
| disposition of the interior. for out of
| three narrow passages facing it two
were blinds, while the third, the only
| one which gave entrance to the court
| yard. wound it's way circuitously under
! the east wing and emerged by~a small
| staircase close to the chapel. The hall
| communicating with this postern was
DrCba bly, foI the use of the watch.
| Other halls were for the garrison. That
by the tower at the north angle was
connected by a staircase with the vast
caves under the northwest side of the
chateau: these caves were also en-
tered by a small postern.
Each of the outer towers Of the chat
teau was dedicated to some particular
warrior, whose effisy was carved in a
fiat relief panel on its walls. These
figures are nine feet 10 inches high,
and represent Caesar Charlemagne.
David, Hector, Joshua, Godefroy de
| Bouillon, Alexander and Arthur. AL
| of these save two We're a least partly
| destroyed before, the restoration. From
the rents which occur where these pan
| els stood it would not seem improbable
| that they were used as sighting points