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Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts

Popkin
Apr 23, 2026
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Medieval toilet holes built in the stone castle wall/Depositphotos.com

Going to the bathroom in Medieval Europe wasn’t a very fancy activity. People often had to use a hole in the ground, a communal outhouse, or a chamber pot. If you were very rich, though, you might have gotten to poop inside a small room on the side of the castle called a garderobe. Th…

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