If my clues did not help you then I will lay it out for you. This castle, Doune castle, was used for the filming of Monty Python's search for the holy grail. The castle had a busy schedule playing four different castles in the movie. These photos show a few different areas the used in filming.
1. The outer wall was used to film the castle that king Arthur's party was taunted by the French and used as Castle Anthrax.
2. The stairway is where the excitable sir Lancelot fights his way down slaughtering everything that moves in Swamp castle.
3. The kitchen fireplace was used to film Galahad's doctor checkup inside Castle Anthrax
4. The great hall was used to film the Camelot song. It is a silly place.
Other scenes from Swamp castle were filmed here such as the two useless guards and Lancelot's brave rescue. It was interesting to here the audio tour (spoken by Terry Jones) giving an account of the castle's history, medieval life, and how they used castle to film. All around an amusing and unique experience.
Maaaaan, it has been a long time since I've seen that movie. Crikes, I need to remedy that. I remember laughing myself silly watching that movie in my teen years.
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So fun to see.
It has actually been very interesting to see the different techniques for heating a castle. I didn't actually realize that most ruins are actually just the frames of castles. They would have had wooden window frames with windows to keep out the drafts and tapestries along the wall to keep in the heat. They would have been hard to heat depending on the size but most would have been dry and warm while they were operating at full staff.
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