Inside the Castle

A ROOF BEAM chopped to length with a stone axe. Was the notch at the end used to help lift the log in place?

INSIDE A TYPICAL ROOM. Uprights and ceiling beams are from sycamore trees. Ceilings and upper-story floors are a thatching of grasses and shrubs covered with a mud mortar. The small, T-shaped doorway may have helped in regulating air circulation.

WALLS OF ROCK CEMENTED TOGETHER WITH MUD. Note the handprints of the original plasterer.