Secrets Of The Castle

Episode 3 (1x3)

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Peter and Tom render and limewash the inside walls of a guard tower, transforming its dark stone walls into a bright space. Ruth makes medieval paints, which were used to decorate walls with ornate patterns. Most of the pigments are from ochre extracted from the earth, burning it creates darker tones. She decorates the castle bedchamber, using designs based on those recently discovered at an 11th-century church nearby. Peter gets to grips with the castle's indoor toilets. An integral feature of medieval castles, the toilets were known as garde-robes, a French word for wardrobe. Clothes would often be kept inside them because it was believed the smell of ammonia from urine kept parasites at bay.