The Chapel

This part of the castle is thought to be the chapel. There is a place at the east end where the altar may have been placed. Archaeologists think the chapel was built about 1320, and once had painted glass windows and a decorated tile floor. (See 'Finds').

The little building to the side may have been a small chantry chapel. A rich person would pay to have a special little side chapel built where priests could pray for his soul, or the soul of one of his family.

What does this tell you about the importance of religion to people in the Middle Ages?