Claims that medieval castle staircases were built for battle are on poor footing
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A post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, claims most staircases in medieval castles were built to be extremely narrow and spiralling in a clockwise direction to make
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2024-12-17 22:04:25+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the idea that medieval castles had clockwise spiral staircases to make it hard for attackers is mostly unfounded. Not only did about 30% of medieval castles have counter-clockwise stairs, the earliest known reference for this claim comes from a book written in 1903, with no primary sources