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The usefulness of stone castles came to an end with the invention of the cannon - the Turks used these with great success during the Crusades - if my memory serves me well.
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What were the weaknesses of stone castles?
Stone castles have many small spaces between each other. As the space becomes bigger, the stone castles become weaker an weaker.
What were the weaknesses of a stone centric castle?
consentric stone castles have many weaknesses one of them is the loose stones that fall out because cement was not invented
What were castles weaknesses and how were thay overcome?
There were various castle weaknesses. It depends what castle type you are talking about. Wooden castles were used, but had the obvious downfall of no fire resistance, so stone was used instead. Then, because the corners of their square castles were the weakest parts, the builders made circular castles.
What were the castles strengths and weaknesses?
The strengths of castles were they did not take long to build, hard to shoot at people inside and fire could not burn the stone. The weaknesses were catapults that could tear the stone, ladders could be used to invade easily and castle defenders could not see far away from low grounds.
How were stone castles buitl?
stone castles were built with stone
What types of medieval castles were there?
Motte and bailey castles, Stone keep castles and Concentric castles
Are all castles the same?
No, all castles are different in some way. These are the different types of castles: * Motte and Bailey castles (made out of wood) * Stone keep castles or just stone castles (made out of stone) * Concentric castles (also made out of stone)
What types of castles are best?
the best are stone enclosure castles,concentric castles,tower houses, motte and bailey castles, stone castles,fortified manors
Why were stone castles built?
Stone castles were built because they could not burn down as ealsily as wood castles can.
What were Norman castles made of?
This depends on what type of castle your referring to. In the Norman times, there were two different types of castles built. There were Motte and Bailey castles and Stone keep castles (Stone castles). The Motte and Bailey castles were made out of wood and the Stone keep castles were made out of stone (obviously).
What kind of castles were built?
Stone castles, Concentric castles, Motte and Bailey Castles
What were stone castles built of?
Stone
