Gruesome Castle: Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test

Callendale Castle, often called one of the finest castles in England, is built on a hill (1) _________ the village of Callendale in West Bassetshire. On (2) _________ Callendale village, the twin towers of the castle suddenly loomed through the mist, giving the village a (3) _________ appearance.
Callendale Castle (4) _________ many stories, and many secrets. A quick read through the guidebook gave me a colourful (5) _________ of the way things must have been inside these forbidding stone walls all those years ago.
A secret meeting between King Henry the 5th and a French ambassador took (6) _________ here during the 100 years war. In 1814, the castle (7) _________ escaped being burnt to the (8) _________ when a lazy kitchen boy left a pig roasting on the open fire (9) _________ .
The castle tour took me to a dark dank dungeon, complete with gruesome (10) _________ of torture. Hidden in one corner is a tiny cell, little more than a hole, where countless prisoners were left to rot away. It's hard to imagine how a grown person could fit (11) _________ a place so small.