The Great Hall

This reconstruction drawing shows how we think the great hall may have looked about 1400; the present ruined shell belies its former grand appearance. It was covered by a high stone vault. Unlike the laigh hall below this vault was given a more elaborate appearance by the addition of stone vault ribs.

These did not actually support the vault but were simply applied to the underside of a self-supporting stone vault. In the west wall was the canopied fireplace. The high table was probably at the far end, lit by the large window in the east (right hand) wall. The pointed doorway behind the high table lead to wall closets, one housing a latrine.
A timber partition, like that in the hall below, screened the hall itself from the service area at this end.