Castle diagram

Anatomy of a Medieval Castle

Caer Callowyn is the castle just outside the eponymous town of Callowyn, a smallish lordship in western Araniell. It is ruled by Lord Alridd "the Scourge" Cwrnoid. Callowyn would be a town of little significance if it weren't for its Lord's insistence in participating in the recurrent war between the neighbouring country of Gaendyr and the Principalities on the other side of the Dragon's Backbone. The war is traditionally fought high in the Dragon's Backbone mountains, especially in the…

A Rough Guide to Castle Design Part 3 – The Floorplan by Jon Roberts To collect and transform the room list into a sensible layout I make a flowchart, finding this to be a simple way to list …

Hogwarts Castle diagram

If you're a fan of Mike Schley's artwork and cartography in the 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide, you might be pleased to know that he is selling prints...

Randal has been asked to provide illustrations in many textbooks. This one was done for an elementary textbook on the Castle Keep. It is a cutaway diagram showing the floors and various typical act…

For those of you writing epic or swords and sorcery fantasy, or anything set in Medieval times, this post is for you. Chances are that somewhere in your story there will be a castle and you will n…

This diagram, photographed inside the castle, shows the keep as it probably looked when it stood alone in the fifteenth century. It was built by the Maxwells of Calderwood. Unusually the turnpike stair in this, the oldest part of the castle, rotates anticlockwise (as you climb). Most castle spiral staircases rotate clockwise, the theory being that a clockwise stair is easier for a right handed swordsman to defend. I have seen this in one other castle before (and I can’t remember which one)…

Anatomy of a medieval castle.

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