Castle Tower Spiral Staircase
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Castle tower spiral staircase. Located in garndolbenmaen in snowdonia. As a security precaution both have been capped in concrete. When castles first began using spiral staircases they were laid out on concrete vaults. These lead down to the well room and to the sally port respectively at the level of the bottom of the lines.
By the 13th century the methods had changed with the staircases getting cut into slabs and fitted into the. Brynkir tower is a 19th century gothic building that boasts a room on each of its six floors each with arched windows overlooking picturesque snowdonia. Both northern towers originally were also distinguished by the hoardings that surrounded their upper parts. The first spiral stairs were laid on concrete vaults but by the 13th century they were cut into slabs and fitted into the walls.
Also the spiral stairs in castle towers were designed to ascend clockwise to make the attackers expose more of their body in order to use their swords in their right hands. The spacing of these landings combined with the number of steps in the stairs are linked to tarot mysticism. Not all towers have achieved the shape of a perfect circle. The 19th century gothic folly which is named brynkir tower is spread across six small one room floors which are reached by a stone spiral staircase.