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Castle with Henry II
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[For full size pictures, click on schematic numbers or on thumbnails.]
1. The keep from close by in the southeast, showing the nearly intact east wall with
three shallow buttresses and a flared-out base. The entrance stairs climb against the
south wall of the keep.
2. The keep from the south, showing the entry stairs and clear traces of the mostly-
missing forebuilding where the stairs turned and entered the main hall, with a chapel
above.
3. The southeast corner of the keep, from the base of a tower in the curtain wall.
Birds circle overhead, and the northern seacoast is in the distance.
4. Closeup of the keep south wall, with the inner bailey well in the foreground.
Note the small arched window between the main keep and the chapel level of the (missing)
forebuilding.
5. A zoomed-in view of the keep's east wall, with a solid cellar wall and paired windows
on each level above. Although portions are missing, it appears that the most elaborate
decorations were on the second floor, for the simi-private quarters of the king or governor.
The highest windows opened either to a countersunk roof or to an open third story.
6. Looking up the entrance stairs to the keep, obviously repaired many times.
7. Looking up at the keep's ruined west wall, from the center of the barbican bridge
path. The 12-foot thickness of the massive keep walls can be clearly seen.
8. Looking up the second ward at the keep, from underneath the southern wall of the
barbican bridge.
9. The keep's south and west sides viewed across the barbican bridge and walls,
from outside the barbican.
10. The keep from the northeast, showing the north wall and northeast corner.
Remains of the wall enclosing the inner bailey are visible at left, and the gunner's
house at right.