From mdrijsma@praxis.cs.ruu.nl Thu Sep 27 10:39:29 1990
From: mdrijsma@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Michael Rijsman)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp
Subject: castles
Keywords: ground plans
Date: 27 Sep 90 16:16:04 GMT


Hi there, I'm searching for ground plans of castles and was hoping some of you
newsreaders would like to send them to me.
Here's one I've found .

TOLQUHON CASTLE (Scotland : 25 km NNW of Aberdeen)
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|| Al this warke   ||
|| excep the avld  ||
|| tovr was begvn. ||
||be William Forbes||
|| 15 aprille 1584 ||
||and endit be him.||
|| 20.october.1589.||
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-ground floor (>>>>:stairs , /\:window)
  ___________
 | /\ prison |                                       ____________
 | || (pits) |______________________________________|    /\      |__________
 | ||  __    ______/\_______/\__/\__>>>>>>___/\_________/  \_______>>>>>    |
 | || /  \__/       || ||__         ^     ||       ||           || ^    |   |
 | || \______       || ||__|              ||       ||              wine |   |
 | ||__   _  | bake || ||                          ||           || cellar\  |
 | |   | / \/ house || ||    kitchen      ||__   __||___________||_   ___/  |
 | |___| \___          ||_            _   |___| |__________________| |_____ |
 |______ ____| ______  ||/ _         |_|                                   \|
       |/     /_____ | ||_/ |__  _________      ____   ___________     ____/|
       |\_  _/|     || |_______\/______   |    |   _| |___________|   |____ |
        \_\/_ |     ||                 |  |_  _|  |                        ||
             |/                         \___\/___/              ||\ /||    \|
             |\______                                           ||\ /||    /|
             | ______|                                          ||\ /||____||
             ||__   ||                                          ||>>>>>>    |
             | __|  ||                                          ||>>>>>>    |
             |/         _                                       | __________|
             |\_____|| / \well                                  ||         ||
             | ______| \_/                                      ||         ||
             ||                                                            ||
             ||     ||               courtyard                  ||         ||
             ||_____||  ___                                     ||_________||
             |       | |   |                                    | _________ |
             |   <<<<< |   |                                    ||         \|
             |   ____| |   |                                       brew   _/|
       N     |  |      | /\|                                    |/ house |__|
      /      |  |      <<<||                                    |\_______  ||
   | /       |  |      |   |                                    | _______| ||
   |/__      |  |prestons\ |                                    ||         \|
             |  | tower _/ |___   ____        _____   ___________  brew    /|
             |  |__  __|   |___| |____|      |_____| |_________  | house  _||
             |     ||      |         ||      ||                | |       \\_
             |     \/      |______   ||      ||   _____________| |____    \-\\
             |__________________  |__||      ||__|  _________________ |      ||
             ||                 \_____/      \_____/                 ||__  __||
            ||                       gatehouse                       \___\/__/
           ||                                                              ||
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first floor :
  ___________
 |  ___/\___ |                                       ____________
 | |        \|______________________________________|  _________ |__________
 | |        / _____/\_______/\__/\__<<<<<<___/\_______/         \__<<<<<    |
 | |        ||      || ||__              ^||                           ^|   |
 | / chamber||         ||_ |              ||                            |   |
 | \        ||      || || ||              ||          hall               \  |
 | |        ||      || || ||  chamber     ||                             /  |
 | |____            || ||_||              ||                            |   |
 |______|           || ||__|                                            |   |
       |/tower/     || ||______  _________||     ___   _____   _______  |   |
       |\_  _/|     || |_______\/______   |tower|  _\_/_____\_/___/ \_| |__ |
        \_\/_ |     \|                 |  |_  __| |             ||tower    \|
             ||     /|                  \___\/___/              ||   ||    /|
             |/     ||                                          ||___||    ||
             |      ||                                          ||/ \||    ||
             |\     ||                                          ||<<<<<    \|
             ||     \|                                          ||<<<<<__  /|
             ||     /|                                          | _______| ||
             ||     ||                                          ||         ||
             |/     \|                                          ||         \|
             |\      |                                          |/         /|
             ||     /|                                          |\         ||
             ||_   _||......                                    ||         ||
             |  | |  |     .                                    ||         ||
             | /  >>>>     .                                    || gallery \|
             | \ .......   .                                    ||         /|
       N     |  |      .  /|                                    |/         ||
      /      | _|      ._/ |                                    |\         ||
   | /       |/        |   |                                    ||         ||
   |/__      |\_       |_  |                                    |/         \|
             |  |       _| |____________________________________|\        _/|
             |  |______|   |___/\_______/ \_______________/\____||      tower|
             |             |            gallery                 ||      /\___|
             |             |______    ________    ____________________  \/   \\
             |__________________  |__| ______ |__|  __________________|chamber||
             ||                 \_____/      \_____/                  ||__  __||
            ||                                                        \___\/__/
           ||                                                              ||
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