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.