Castle Rushen had an outer wall of almost eight meters high and more than two meters thick. The keep, which had almost four meters thick at the base and more than two meters thick at the top, was its first line of defence. It had five towers that were attached to the wall. The four towers sat on top of the keep, and the focal one was in the north that stood twenty-four meters high.
As they entered the main entrance, it already boasted the thick walls that it felt overwhelming and grand just to look at them. They followed the more than two-meter path, noticing the three murder holes.
“These were where the defenders would hide and attack any intruders trapped between the two portcullises,” Mawde explained to Dasha, pointing to their right.
They turned to a bend to the right and followed
