128 Architectuee in Great Britain. the outer walls of the castle was an open space ; and another ditch, with a wall, gate, and towers complete, enclosed an inner court (inner bailey), from which rose the keep (t. e. the large central tower already referred to), also called the donjon (i. e. dungeon). In the keep was often the great hall for the entertainment of guests and retainers, I iffe
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Fig. 57.— Norwich Castle— The Keep. with the raised dais (i. e. platform) at one end, where stood the table for persons of high rank. The principal castles of England occupied at the present day are those of Dover, Windsor, Warwick, Alnwick, Norwich (Fig. 57), and the Tower of London ; those of Kenilworth, Arundel, and others may have equalled them before they fell into the decay in which we see them at the present day.
