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  1. The Castle Dungeon. Open every day. Shows throughout the day. Recommended age 10+. Under 18's must be accompanied by an adult. Can you stomach it? The Castle Dungeon is a hauntingly thrilling attraction that is not for the faint-hearted.

    • What Was The Purpose of The Castle Dungeon?
    • The Oubliette – A Punishment Worse Than Castle Dungeons
    • The Notorious Dungeons of Pontefract Castle, England
    • The Famous Dungeons of Chillon Castle, Switzerland
    • The Tourist-Trap Experience of The Dungeons of Warwick Castle, England
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    Most castles built during the early Medieval period didn’t truly have dungeons. Why not? Well, in Medieval times, it wasn’t a particularly common punishment to keep someone imprisoned in a confined space. Often, one baron would kidnap the children of another baron, and hold the poor kids hostage at his home or his castle. However, the unfortunate c...

    The Oubliette – or the ‘forgotten room’ – was a punishment worse than being thrown into a castle dungeon. If you can remember the ‘chokey’ from Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’, the oubliette was a very similar punishment. The oubliette was a tiny, vertical shaft which was often only large enough for an individual to stand up in – they wouldn’t have been abl...

    “Pontefract Castle dungeon were so notorious, they were depicted in Shakespeare’s play, Richard III.” The most terrifying castle dungeons in the whole of England were undoubtedly those of Pontefract Castle, in Yorkshire. Pontefract Castle was a vast and fearsome fortress with a blood-curdling reputation – it was so notorious that it was depicted in...

    The castle dungeons of Chillon in Switzerland are also famous from being featured in literature. Lord Byron, the famous British Romantic poet, visited Chillon Castle in the 1800s and became fixated with the plight of François Bonivard, a political prisoner who had been held in the deep dungeons of Chillon Castle, during the 1500s. Bonivard was lash...

    If you’re looking for a bit of gory ‘fun’ (and historical accuracy isn’t too important to you!) then you could always take a trip to the dungeons of Warwick Castle, England’s most commercial heritage attraction. Warwick Castle is undoubtedly one of the grandest remaining castles in England, but it’s presently owned by a theme-parks operator. The re...

    Learn about the origins and evolution of castle dungeons, from the don-jon to the oubliette. Discover some of the most notorious and terrifying dungeons in the world, such as Pontefract Castle and the Bastille.