The saw tooth casamate is an underground military construction designed to protect troops and artillery from enemy attacks. Thanks to its reinforced structure and strategic location within the castle’s defensive system, it allowed soldiers to fire over the terrain while remaining safely sheltered.
This type of casemate was part of the network of elements that made Hostalric Castle a modern fortress of great strategic value. Its name, Saw Tooth, comes from the irregular, stepped shape of the terrain on which it was built.
Nowadays, the casemate is visitabe space featuring a historical recreation of five rooms set in the context of the Peninsular War (1810). Visitors can explore different aspects of soldiers’ daily life at the time, including the soldiers’ quarters, guardroom and storeroom, officer’s room, and prison.
