The Chatelet (dungeon) was built in front of the north external front of Belle-Chaise, on which it leans without joining, leaving between this front and the south one an empty space, a large machicolation protecting the northen door, which has become the second inward door since the Chatelet has been constructed
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Fortifications of the Merveille and Fountain Saint-Aubert
Independently of its formidable fronts, which can be considered as veritable fortifications, the Merveille was protected by an embattled wall joined to the ramparts.
The Cellar
It had been a disappointing venture and left on of his men with an arrow through his chest, though they are not sure how it happened. They thought it must have been a stray shot from one of their own archers who had missed their mark.