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Harlech Castle Floor Plan (3 of 4)

This floor plan is based closely on Harlech Castle—please refer to the notes below.

Notes on Historical Accuracy

• Mortimer Tower is sometimes referred to as Garden Tower now.
• A series of corbels jut from the eastern wall (from Mortimer Tower to the gate house). Corbels are stone brackets set in castle walls that are used to mount support-beams for floors. Although no structure exists there today, something must have in the past. I decided that this structure would be the senior servants’ quarters.
• The granary cellar is set only a few feet below the ground level of the inner ward.
• Making sense of the entrance to Mortimer Tower was difficult using the diagrams I had at the time. Of course, now I have access to a much better diagram. The location of the ladder was probably the beginning of a stairway leading to the wall-walk above.
• The inside of Mortimer Tower was actually a 7- or 8-sided room, not rounded smooth. The location of the storage closet was actually the site of another stairway leading up.