because the square stone keep was not good enough to handle retakes
stone keep, shell keep, square tower,concentric and another 1 which i cn't remember!! == == stone keep, concentric, shell keep, motte and bailey and square tower!!
This was the design after The Square Keep. The Shell Keep was made out of stone and was circular. These were basically a fortified version of the Motte and Bailey. The Shell Keep was made up of a fortified gatehouse, a stone wall 8-10 feet thick and 20-25 feet high, that had battlements, a wall walk, and a number of buildings where built up against the wall.
This was the design after The Square Keep. The Shell Keep was made out of stone and was circular. These were basically a fortified version of the Motte and Bailey. The Shell Keep was made up of a fortified gatehouse, a stone wall 8-10 feet thick and 20-25 feet high, that had battlements, a wall walk, and a number of buildings where built up against the wall.
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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 or square keep castle is the extention of a motte and bailey castle.
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Square keep castles (or stone keep castles) were made out of stone; you can probably tell from the name! Hope this helps.
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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.