8 Medieval Dungeons That Still Disturb Historians

8 Medieval Dungeons That Still Disturb Historians When archaeologists began examining the lower levels of medieval castle dungeon complexes across western Europe in the late twentieth century, they expected to find stone, mortar, and the occasional artefact. At sites including the Château de Chinon in the Loire Valley, France, and comparable fortifications from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, they found something else entirely. The walls themselves were not entirely stone.