Note 1131 — Chapter XII · STONE CASTLES OF THE NORMAN PERIOD
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Schulz, Das Hofische Leben zur Zeit der Minnesinger, i., 59. Grose writes of Bamborough Castle: “The only fireplace in it was a grate in the middle of a large room, where some stones in the middle of the floor are burned red.” He gives no authority. Antiquities of England and Wales, iv., 57.