for the people who was their enemy had greater Armour and weapons
To defend and protect people and important places of course.
To hard and costly to make.
Medieval castles were needed for safety because they protected people from invaders and other dangers. Castles were also built to defend from danger. They were equipped with high walls, murder holes, cover for soldiers, and more.
Medieval castles were neither good nor bad; they simply were. They were defensive fortifications within which the inhabitants could defend against invaders and from which the owner of the castle could impose his rule on the surrounding countryside. Today, the surviving medieval castles are good tourist attractions.
around about 1100 to defend their land against raiders and other enemies
Medieval castles.
There is nothing different between todays castles and medieval time castles. Today's castles were built in medieval times.
how did the castles defend in 1215
Stone or square keep castles were first built in Medieval England by William the Conqueror. Stone keep castles were the natural extension of motte and bailey castles. Motte and bailey castles were only temporary features (though many mottes exist to the day) while stone keep castles were built to last
The welsh medieval castles were big and gray.
Medieval times
in the late medieval period many medieval castles did have a primitive type of cannon.