Note 369 — Chapter XII · THE AGE OF TRANSITION: THE FORTIFIED DWELLING-HOUSE
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At Conway, Porchester, etc., however, the large hall was probably intended for the use of the garrison. The great hall at Wingfield was essentially the hall of a dwelling-house, in which the inner court is kept quite separate from the base-court, where possibly a common hall was provided for the men-at-arms who might be lodged there.