Peter Burgess
New member
The Barons' Cave in Reigate is a bit of an enigma. There is no firm evidence to suggest why it was dug, deep beneath the Norman Reigate Castle. However, I have added a new idea to the several we already have.
It may have been a wine cellar for the Earl of Warrenne who owned it thoughout the middle ages.
I have worked out that it would have been possible to line up 22 tuns of wine side by side. A tun is a barrel-shaped vessel very approximately 1 metre in diameter and 1.2 metres long.
22 tuns would have held approximately 20,000 litres of wine! That's some party!
:kiss2: :chair: :yucky:
It may have been a wine cellar for the Earl of Warrenne who owned it thoughout the middle ages.
I have worked out that it would have been possible to line up 22 tuns of wine side by side. A tun is a barrel-shaped vessel very approximately 1 metre in diameter and 1.2 metres long.
22 tuns would have held approximately 20,000 litres of wine! That's some party!
:kiss2: :chair: :yucky: