Harry Potter and the missing courtyard?

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 6291


> >Now the mystery is- Where is this courtyard, and why is this the 
only
> >time we hear of it???
> 
> 
> Actually, this isn't the last we hear of it:  Harry, Ron, and 
Hermione are in 
> the courtyard in CoS when Colin Creevey begs to take Harry's 
picture and 
> Malfoy and Lockhart come along.  From CoS American edition, p. 96: 
"They 
> finished lunch and went outside into the overcast courtyard.  
Hermione sat 
> down on a stone step and buried her nose in Voyages with Vampires 
again..." 
> Still don't know where it is though...
> 

Ok, Alright, so I messed up. But hearing about it twice still isn't 
enough for me. (I guess I'm just being difficult.)  The fact that 
there is a courtyard at Hogwarts does remain though. Only now I want 
to know- is Hogwarts built around a central courtyard or is it not a 
major feature of the building.  My guess is not since it isn't 
mentioned that much.

Scott