Left, a view of a section of the Forward Castle. The low wall to the right is the outer wall of this section of the castle. The wall here was the weakest of the three castles, being only 1 meter thick.
Obviously, the view from higher battlements or the keep would have been much better. Nevertheless, one can still get a peak of the town of Eberbach below, along with the Neckar River.
We now move back to the Middle Castle. Pictured at left is the base of the main keep with the remains of a wall that provided added protection to the base of the tower. Such techniques were sometimes used by designers to better protect the keep from direct assault by rams or ladders.
In the Middle Castle we find the remains of the primary palas, complete with Roman columns.
A close up of these columns implies that while they may have been reset in restoration, at least in part they are authentic. The pillar appears to be the most likely portion refashioned to complete the work, while the footings appear original.
A view of the palas of the Middle Castle as seen looking south. The extent of the damage, caused by both being torn down and by the years of overgrowth is evident.
Left, a view of the remains of the main tower of the Middle Castle. This tower was 10.7 meters high, measuring 11x11 meters side to side with walls 2.5 meters thick. The height of the tower was sufficient to allow for signals to be passed between Eberbach and Dilsberg, a distance of over 14 kms as the crow flies.
