Don't forget too that most castles in Britain at least would have had plaster on the walls and tapestry or other woollen hangings to help with the heat insulation. Rooms deviod of furniture and people also feel much colder and damper. I am sure I was once told that each human body generates as much heat as a 150 watt bulb - not very much on your own but castles were populated by more than you're average nuclear family.
On 13/01/06, Jean Waddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Audrey Bergeron-Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> I have spent the weekend at an event > >> in an English castle and I can tell you they are still damp. > > > >Were there any fires inside? Most of the castles we visited in France > >were damp and cold, but twice we visited castles where the chimneys > >had been restored so they'd made a fire inside - makes a whole world > >of difference. They would still be cold in the winter, though... > > > I have always thought that once you built a castle and got the fires > going, and then kept the fires going, winter and summer alike, it > probably held the heat better than you might expect. Thick stone walls > are certainly very good insulation when it comes to keeping heat out - > one event inside a castle at Easter, we were going outside to warm up! > > Jean > -- > Jean Waddie > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Caroline _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
