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2024-07-01 03:30:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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This is a long claimed and often debunked myth. There is no primary evidence that clockwise circle stairways in castles were a defensive design, and many castles have both clockwise and counter clockwise stairways in their towers. https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk/castle-blog/spiral-stairs https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
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