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To be honest, no. You could have theoretically got a lot of troops in a bailey that size, but not for very long. Castle baileys are typically understudied/excavated in
England, so we lack decent information across the discipline. There's nothing in the sources for Longtown, unfortunately, beyond that
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Heritage Lottery Funded archaeology and documentary research project at the Castle 2015-2018. The project has shown that the Norman Castle was indeed superimposed on the ramparts of a Roman fort, dated by
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Any idea how many people could be quartered in the castle? At one point you note it was manned by 30 men but it isn't clear from any of the materials how large it actually is.
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