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the best type of castle would most likely be the motte and bailey castle. don't listen to this guy cos he does not no anything about castles.
1st. motte and bailey castle 2nd. square keep castle 3rd. shell keep castle 4th. concentric castle
A Square Keep Castle is an extension from a motte and bailey castleand can be called two different things, Square Keep Castle or a Stone Keep Castles. The reason from both of these names is that they were square and they were made out of stone.
The design of the motte and bailey castle changed due to the strategies of attack improving and developing. for e.g. burning the castles down became a vast attack strategy and this led to the design changing to square keep castles, which where made of stone.
square keep castles were invented
There are many Norman castles that were buit in britain: One is Conisbrough Castle, another is Rochester Castle, Warwickshire castle, Lincoln Castle and many more. These would have been built in the 11th century at about 1070. All Stone Castles built by the normans would have origionally been Motte and Bailey castles as they were made out of wood they turned them into Stone castles.
A Square Keep castle usually sits on a hill. It only has 1 wall of defence, whereas a concentric castle usually has about 3 thick walls. Concentric's also have a keep in the middle that has a wall 2.5 metres thick!
· A stone castle would not rot whereas a Motte and Bailey would rot easily as it was made from wood. · Motte and Bailey castles could be knocked down with battering rams, but they would not penetrate a stone castle. · Stone castles had battlements which gave defenders something solid to hide behind, Motte and Bailey had no such thing. · The round towers on a stone castle were thought to bounce of any type of missile but they would destroy a stone keep. · Motte and Bailey castles were very prone to rotting and decay, but Stone castles would not rot or decay. · Stone Keeps could not be burnt down very easily as they were made of stone whereas Motte and Bailey castles could be incinerated very easily as they were made of wood. · Stone castles have high up towers enabling the defenders to fire arrows down at the enemy but the enemy could not fire back, Motte and Bailey castles do not have high enough towers to do this.
A stone or square keep castle is the extention of a motte and bailey castle.
square stone keep castle
The bailey.
well the reason for the square castle to be built was that the Motte and Bailey castle were made out of wood so when it starts raining it will rot and also when fights start, fire was the best way to attack the Motte and Bailey castles since they were made entirely out of wood. The fire might be started by building a bonfire against the outer wooden fence (or, more usually, by archers shooting fire-arrows into the castle. As the fire spread through the castle those living inside would be forced to leave allowing the attackers to take them prisoner or kill them. This was one of the reasons why Motte and Bailey castles were soon replaced by Stone Keep castles. Fire has little effect on a stone castle.I hope it helped u