Another trap door question

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24213

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Has anyone else ever found the concept of a trap door in a 
third-floor 
> corridor just a bit odd?  Try to picture the fall down through the 
> school and into the earth . . . see the problem?
> 
> There's an answer, though:  it's magic!
> 
> Amy Z

If the castle was built on a mountain top, it is unlikely that it was 
built on a totally flat piece of ground.  There aren't too many mesas 
in Great Britain.  So it is entirely possible that the third floor 
(fourth floor to us Yanks) in that portion of the castle is only a 
floor or two above ground at that point.

Another possiblility would be the landing with the Devil's Snare 
was on the 1st floor, and passage to the key room went down.

Marcus