This flagstone was described as “ash stone” (pierre à braise), the hollow and the rim being designed to retain a bed of ashes on which food was simmered. On the right side of the twin open fires and under a bow arranged in the wall thickness, you can see the traditional stone sink, called “souillarde” with its overflow giving way to the outside. The paved kitchen floor was partly cut directly into the rock on which sits the castle.
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