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  Sadly the days when 95% of site staff knew the site have gone(along with most of the staff!) It is not enough to know the history of the Castle, but to understand castles, their role in this or that time period, why they were built and how and by who,
  To understand the major time periods and the major players within them and on and on it go's. Now, when I was last up there I was 'sold' membership three times and a guide book five times, but little else! Some of the old guard are still there and I am sure that as I and others taught them so they will teach others, but learning about military fortifications is not a task to be completed overnight.
  What a shame that the staff member that Paul met did not know about Fitz William's gate, or that Adam Fitz William was one of the original eight knights charged with manning the castle, or that he had a Stone Hall built at the nearby village of La Don.

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