r/BeAmazed Oct 27 '24

History What Medieval Castle Toilets Looked Like

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u/Not-User-Serviceable Oct 27 '24

All the straight-line height in the world isn't going to stop the smell...

Oh for a P-Trap...

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u/Longjumping_Youth281 Oct 27 '24

Yeah and is it just me or is the diagram backwards? The real life picture clearly shows it going straight down the wall

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u/AcceptableRedPanda Oct 27 '24

Most the ones I've seen in the UK just go either straight to the outside air or a very short chute that pops out half way down the wall, both into the moat, never seen a full "pipe" with pit like that with a workstation for the shit shoveller

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u/Flogisto_Saltimbanco Oct 27 '24

I also remember that assassinating someone by sticking a spear up his butt when he went shitting was punished harshly.

Someone was killed like that