Element	Description	Designation	Simplify
Allure	A walkway or passage behind the parapet of a castle wall	a, b
Altar	A place for prayer	s
Armor Rack	A place to store armor	s	s
Armoury	A place to store weapons when they are not in use	b	s
Arrow Loop	A narrow window to shoot arrows from	s
Bailey	A courtyard enclosed within the walls of the castle	a, b
Balcony	A spot for a pleasant view or an unpleasant proclaimation	a
Ballista	A heavy machine made for firing large arrows	s, b
Banner	Displays the emblem of the castle	s	s
Barbican	A tower, grouping of several towers, or other fortification around an entrance, gateway, or drawbridge	a, b
Barracks	A place for soldiers to sleep and train	b	s
Bastion	A tower at the end of a wall or in the middle	b
Battlement	A short wall built on the outside edge of a fortication	b
Bed	Fit for a king or for a pauper?	s
Bed Chambers	A room or series of connected rooms for sleeping	a	s
Beer Barrel	How old and what kind?	s
Belfry	A wooden tower used in sieges	s, b
Bookcase	What knowledge does it contain	s	s
Buttery	A location to drink or store alcholic beverages	a
Cage	For holding a small animal, or a person?	s
Candle	How large and how brightly does it burn?	s	s
Castle Town	A town built within or surrounding a castle	a	s
Castle Wall	How high and how thick?	b, a	s
Cell	For holding a prisoner	a
Cellar	What is kept down here?	a	s
Cellar (Beer)	A place to store kegs of beer	a
Cellar (Cheese)	A place to age and store cheese	a
Cellar (Wine)	A place to store casks of wine	a
Cesspit	A space below a garderobe where waste collected	a
Chains	What were they intended to hold?	s
Chair	Looks comfy?	s
Chandelier	It hangs from the ceiling to provide light	s
Chapel	A small sacred place of worship	a, b	s
Chest	What does it contain, clothes or treasure?	s
Crenelation	A notched battlement made up of alternating crenels (openings) and merlons (square blocks)	s, b
Curtain Wall	A wall enclosing a space like a courtyard	b, a	s
Desk	Sturdy, elegant, or something else?	s	s
Disease Outbreak	Avoid	e
Donjon	A central keep	b, a
Drawbridge	A bridge that spans a moat or crevasse and can be raised.	b, a	s
Drum Tower	A round tower built into a wall	b
Dry Moat	A moat with no water	a, b
Dungeon	I scream, you scream, we all scream in the dungeon	a	s
Executioner's Chopping Block	Try to keep your head	s
Fair	Fair enough	e
Festival	To celebrate what occasion?	e	s
Fireplace	For cooking or for warmth	s
Flag	Who does it belong to and what are the colors?	s
Gardens	How expansive are they?	a, b
Garderobe	A latrine	a
Gargoyle	A stone carving of a grotesque creature	s	s
Gatehouse	An entrance to a fortified area	b, a	s
Grand Staircase	A large central stair	a, s
Great Hall	A central, large room for meeting, eating, and partying	a	s
Guardhouse	A place for guards	a, b	s
Guard's Chambers	Rooms for the guards	a
Hay Bale	For animals	s
Hedge Maze	An entertaining labyrinth of hedges	a, b
Hidden Entrance or Exit	How many know of this?	a	s
Hidden Passage	Where does it lead?	a
Hidden Room	What is inside?	a
Iron Maiden	An instrument of torture	s
Keep	A central strong fortification within a castle, also called a donjon	a, b	s
King's Chambers	A suite of rooms for the king to dwell and sleep in	a
Kitchens	Where food is prepared	a	s
Knighting Ceremony	For deeds and great valor	e
Library	How large is the collection of books?	a	s
Loophole	A narrow window	s
Machicolation	A projecting ledge from the battlements with holes so that hot oil or stones could be dropped on those below	s, a
Maid's Chambers	A series of rooms for maids to sleep in	a
Moat	A deep, water filled ditch surrounding a castle to aid in defense	a, b	s
Motte	A mound of earth that provides an elevated position. Usually topped with a tower	a	s
Mounted Animal Head	What kind of animal	s
Murder Hole	A hole in the ceiling above an entrance from which hot oil or stones can be poured down on those below	s, a
Oil Lamp	To light up the place	s
Oriel	A room that projects out from a tower	a
Oubliette	A small prison cell beneath a trap door	a, b
Painting	What does this depict?	s
Palisade	A strong wooden fence put in place as protection of a site until a stone wall can be built	a, b
Pantry	A room to store food	a
Parapet	A short protective wall on the outside edge of a fortification	a, s	s
Peasant's Revolt	Is someone stoking this rebellion?	e	s
Pew	A place to sit or kneel in prayer	s
Portcullis	A metal gate that lowers to protect an entrance	a, s	s
Portrait	Of who?	s
Postern Gate	A secondary door into a castle	a, b	s
Queen's Chambers	A suite of rooms for the Queen	a
Rack	An instrument of torture	s
Rubble	Assorted stone and dirt	s	s
Rug	How large?	s
Sapping Tunnel	A tunnel dug underneath a castle wall to undermine it	a, b
Scaffolding	Temporary wooden structure put in place during construction or during a seige to provide additional cover and reinforcement	s, a, b
Sconce	A fixture that holds a candle, latern, or torch	s
Seige	A prolonged attack on the castle. Can the defenders last?	e	s
Solar	A private room adjacent to a meeting area or hall	a
Spiral Staircase	Ascends clockwise to make it easier to righthanded defenders to swing a sword	s, a
Stables	A place for horses and other pack animals	a, b	s
Stained Glass Window	Does it depict a scene?	s
Staircase	Where does it lead?	s
Statue	What is this artwork?	s	s
Stool	For sitting	s
Suit of Armor	It stands empty but at attention	s	s
Table	Made of what material?	s
Tapestry	What does it depict?	s	s
Throne	Only the king may sit here	s	s
Throne Room	For official business	a	s
Torch	A source of light	s	s
Torture Chamber	A place for those you want to talk and/or just scream	a
Tournament	Jousts and melee combat performed by knights	e	s
Tournament Grounds	A place to hold tournaments	a, b
Tower	How high?	a, b
Trapdoor	Where doe it lead and how is it triggered?	a, s
Trophy Kill	An animal killed in a hunt	s
Turning Bridge	A bridge that pivots in the middle	a, b
Turret	A small tower connected to a central tower that can be used as a lookout point	a, b
Ward	A courtyard enclosed within the walls of the castle	a, b
Wardrobe	A place for clothing	s
Watch Tower	To view thing from afar	b
Weapons Rack	For what type of weapon?	s	s
Wedding	To join powerful houses or kingdoms together	e
Well	A source of water during a seige	b, s	s
Window	How large and what does it look upon?	s	s
Wine Barrel	What vintage?	s
Woodpile	Logs for burning or for building	s