Dunaverty Castle (4)
I haven't seen a plan of Dunaverty Castle, but the general design is fairly evident.  The principal tower, in its very small inner ward, was on the top of the rock, reached by stone steps up the steep but only accessible side.  Below that to the right, the ground levels off somewhat, to form something of a shelf, on which were perched the castle's ancillary buildings.  This area, where it wasn't surrounded by vertical rock faces, was contained by a curtain wall.  At the lower end of this outer ward, where the steep narrow gully is, there was some form of gatehouse.  There is known to have been a drawbridge, which must have spanned the grassy foss with the sun shining through it.
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