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The Ravenclaw Tower is located on the west side of Hogwarts, the staircase leading up to the common room is presumably located on the fifth floor, and is the location of the Ravenclaw common room and dormitories. The entrance to the common room is at the top of a spiral staircase, and is a door without a doorknob or keyhole but a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. In order to enter the room, a person must answer a riddle asked by the eagle knocker; if they answer incorrectly, they must wait for someone else who gets it right.[HP7]
Ravenclaw Common Room
The Ravenclaw Common Room
The Ravenclaw common room is one of the airiest rooms at Hogwarts. It is a wide, circular room with a midnight blue carpet, arched windows hung with soft blue and bronze silks, and a domed ceiling painted with stars. During the day, the Ravenclaw students would have an excellent view of the school grounds, including the lake, Forbidden Forest, Quidditch pitch, Herbology gardens and the surrounding mountains.
The Ravenclaw Tower staircase
The room is furnished with tables, chairs, and bookcases; and by the door leading up to the dormitiories stands a tall statue of Rowena Ravenclaw made of white marble. According to Prefect Robert Hilliard, the sound of wind whistling around the windows of the tower is very relaxing whilst going to sleep.
Known Riddles
The entrance to the Ravenclaw Common Room.
- Question: "Which came first, the phoenix, or the flame?"
- Answer: "A circle has no beginning."
- — Luna Lovegood[src]
- Question: "Where do Vanished objects go?"
- Answer: "Into nonbeing, which is to say, everything."
- — Minerva McGonagall[src]
Behind the scenes
- As the entrance to Ravenclaw Tower requires an answer to a riddle rather than a password, it seems to be relatively easy for members of other Houses to enter the common room if they are intelligent enough. For example, Minerva McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House, entered the tower on 1 May, 1998, when Amycus Carrow was looking for Harry Potter.
Harry and Luna entering the Ravenclaw Tower corridor.
- It is thought that the Ravenclaw Tower could possibly be the Central Tower as it is one of the tallest Hogwarts Towers. It could also be the Stone Bridge Tower, since that was one of the only towers to change in Deathly Hallows. Alternatively, it could also be a turret on the Astronomy tower, but this is unlikely.
- However, due to the Common Room not appearing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, we still get to view the stairwell inside the Tower and briefly you can see the Common Room's door.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 it is strange that Harry knows where the common room is despite not going there in previous films. In the novel Luna Lovegood takes him to the Tower, although he could have found where the common room was by examining the Marauder's Map.
See also
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Mentioned only) (The Towers interior stairwell was seen though)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
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