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Why were castles first built?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Castles were built for protection of people and animals. They began as wooden compounds called " mote and Bailey." The mote was a hill and the Bailey part was the buildings. The first ones were wooden and it wasn't until gunpowder came along they became stone. The existing mote and Bailey often built a stone face in front of the wooden walls so when an attacker wanted to take the castle he thought it was stone. The castle also provided the owner with a powerful reputation in the lands he controlled.

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9y ago

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