Episode 218 - Within these walls: Orford Castle
The English Heritage Podcast
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The Reuse of Scepteria Stone
Each side of the castle is done in a single day. Some days we had six men on site and some days we had twelve. The largest panel that we did in one day was 80 meters squared. It required ten tons of render to be mixed and carried up scaffolding. And then once you've done that it's pressed back with a trail and that was all done by hand. They press back every huge huge huge huge piece of mortar every day until they do this state of leather which I think is quite descriptive.
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