Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn discover castle interior design and decoration, from the great hall to the toilets. Medieval castles were not bare stone inside ...

Most medieval castles were a collection of buildings, each with a specific purpose. A great hall is one of the key buildings in a castle. As Bill Bryson writes in his book At Home: “No room has ...

After the final admission, a medieval banquet takes place every evening in the Great Hall. Read more: Rick Steves' Most And Least Favorite Places In Europe Bunratty Castle's Interior Is A Treasure ...

Once the refectory (dining hall) for the monks, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was converted to the Great Hall, the part of a castle where meals and entertainment would take place.

From farmsteads to palaces, great halls can be found in every kind of residence and have been a defining feature of the English house for more than a thousand years. The focus of daily life for an ...

Malahide Castle, and the Great Hall itself, have borne witness to many events throughout history. In Medieval times, the Great Hall was the centre of courtly life and feasts and banquets.

The Medieval castle Guedelon in 2009 Image courtesy of Flickr user alexis mons. With Guédelon now on the rise, no one’s ... including a vaulted great hall, kitchen, ...

Receiving over 100,000 visitors from home and abroad each year, Ireland’s oldest banquet hall, the iconic Great Hall at Malahide Castle has reopened to the public following significant restoration.

YOUR leader column about the conservation project at Stirling Castle's Great Hall, entitled A gilded carbuncle (April 23), wrongly refers to… ...

Archaeologists have discovered a Gothic hall at a medieval Crusader fortress in today’s northern Israel. The ceremonial hall found in Galilee’s Montfort Castle offers a fascinating glim… ...