The first castles were in France, in the motte-and-bailey style and entirely of earth and timber. They were built by the French to ward off Viking incursions. The earliest ones date to shortly before 1000.
The earliest castles in England were built by Norman military advisers to King Edward the Confessor in 1051 and 1052, some 14 years before the Norman conquest. The Normans, who were Viking settlers in France, learned castle-building from the French.
One of the oldest castles is in France built in 950 for defense against the Vikings.
The earliest and the proper castles were built in 1066. These castles were built in England after the Norman Conquest. They were introduced by William the Conqueror.
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The earliest castles were Norman Motte and Bailey castles during the Medieval period of 1066 to 1153. Motte and Bailey were built on top on hilltops and a high and extremely steep mound was built which had very steep sides and a Tower was built on top of it. The process of excavating the earth to build the massive mound, which was the motte, created a highly convenient defensive ditch at the base of the motte and surrounding the whole of the bailey. The ditch became known as the Moat. These castles were made of wood. From 1154-1485 the castles builders were the Plantagenet English Kings. These great old castles were built for Medieval warfare and defence and new parts of the castle were designed for this. These were made of stone instead of wood because wood caught fire in battle.
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
knights and lords built castles to protect themselves from their enemies. they were also used to entertain guests, and for housing purposes. that is why they built castles.
The Romans built spectacular castles. The castles were built for defense and protection from the enemy. Drawbridges kept the enemies from getting across the moat.
No, concentric castles were built after stone keep castles.
The earliest castles were Norman Motte and Bailey castles during the Medieval period of 1066 to 1153. Motte and Bailey were built on top on hilltops and a high and extremely steep mound was built which had very steep sides and a Tower was built on top of it. The process of excavating the earth to build the massive mound, which was the motte, created a highly convenient defensive ditch at the base of the motte and surrounding the whole of the bailey. The ditch became known as the Moat. These castles were made of wood. From 1154-1485 the castles builders were the Plantagenet English Kings. These great old castles were built for Medieval warfare and defence and new parts of the castle were designed for this. These were made of stone instead of wood because wood caught fire in battle.
Castles were built out of stones or bricks.
Castles were built out of stones or bricks.
Stone castles were built because they could not burn down as ealsily as wood castles can.
he built woodern castles He built these castles in England for better defence.
they built round keep castles because they did
Stone castles, Concentric castles, Motte and Bailey Castles
Most castles were built in the 16 hundreds.
Castles were built only for kings because they were used to keep the kings built.
Castles were built in lots of different countries. Initially they were built in England by the Normans.
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Castles were built as protection from enemies.