In one corner the floor, some fifteen feet square, was raised somewhat above the general level.

This was set aside for the use of the master and the family.

The rest of the apartment was used as the living and sleeping room of the followers, and hinds, of the fortalice.
The basement--which, although on a level with the ground outside, could be approached only by a trapdoor and ladder from the room above--was the storeroom, and contained sacks of barley and oatmeal, sides of bacon, firewood, sacks of beans, and trusses of hay for the use of the horses and cattle, should the place have to stand a short siege.

In the centre was a well.
The roof of the house was flat, and paved with square blocks of stone; a parapet three feet high surrounded it.

In the centre was the lookout tower, rising twelve feet above it; and over the door another turret, projecting some eighteen inches beyond the wall of the house, slits being cut in the stone floor through which missiles could be dropped, or boiling lead poured, upon any trying to assault the entrance.
Outside was a courtyard, extending round the house.