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Jun 5, 2012

Castle Stairs Facts

Castles were always built with a spiraling staircase that turned clockwise. This design served a practical purpose, because incoming bad guys would ascend the stairs and have a huge disadvantage with their sword arm. Since most people are right-handed, the advantage was to the castle occupants descending the stairs with their sword-arm free to attack.