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What type of stone were English castles built with?
square
Is a concentric castle a type of stonekeep castle?
No, concentric castles were built after stone keep castles.
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 are the types of castles?
Castles were built depends on the popular castle type on the planning/building period. Here is the list for the castle type and century that they are famous with: Motte and Bailey Castle (10th to 12th centuries), Rectangular Keep (11th to 12th centuries), Shell Keep (13th century), Concentric Castle (13th to 14th centuries), and the Palace or Royal Quarters (14th to 16the centuries).
List the different types of castles that where built in the medieval era?
erm it's not a lot but this may be of help http://www.dialsolutions.com/n-ycurric/castles/type/0/html.htm
What Were First Castles Built From?
Wood mainly. Just an outer wall with an entrance and a small fort inside. This type of castle would have been called a motte and bailey castle. Motte and bailey castles were later replaced by concentric castles made out of stone.
What type of castles are there?
motte and bailey, stone keep castles and concentric castles
What were the first kind of castles?
the first kind of castles were moat and bailey castles.
What did workrs do instead of work in the castles?
Their usual daily jobs. Depending on the type of castle, castles could be built by unskilled workers (when the castle was a simple motte-and-bailey) or skilled workers like stonemasons and carpenters.
Why did castles begin to be built in the European middle ages?
The first true castles were built in France in the late 9th century after the collapse of the Carolingian empire. Land was divided among rival feudal lords and princes who each wished to build defensive strongholds to protect their own areas from everyone else.These first castles were usually of motte and bailey type, mainly of earth and timber with deep ditches and high banks, with a central wooden tower (the donjon) on top of the motte. They were vulnerable to fire, as seen in the early sections of the Bayeux "Tapestry".
Helen's family recently visited a farm that was built about a century ago In what year was the farm built?
Type your answer here... 2000
What materials were used in the middle ages to make castles?
Motte and Bailey castles were first built of wood but, as they evolved they changed into being made of stone. This was because the wooden version burnt down easily and was easily destroyed as wood rotted quickly. The stone castles were then called square keep castles.There was also castles called stone keeps
