VoH: 30. Castle Under Construction
Double fieldstone walls filled with earth are clearly the beginnings of a smallish castle, being built around a new tower atop the low mound.
Workers have dug deep trench lines about ten feet wide and as deep, down to a hard clay. They seem to be in the process of mortaring the foundations of the wall to be built above. Work has barely begun, but the outlines of bastions, towers, a gatehouse and a keep can be noted. The keep is atop the second hillock, and considerable excavation has taken place. The earth from this digging has been used in the walls around the whole. Some dressed stone blocks are visible, but not similar to local stone.
Purpose / Function
- The whole is being financed by the Satrap and the Archcleric of Alaghon, for favors done by the owners of the tower (which they also built), Burne and Rufus.
- Burne will serve the Satrap by holding the area safe for him and reporting on any untoward happenings.
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