Castles

There are thousands of them; literally, thousands. Among the most famous are Chambord, Chenonceaux, Amboise, Blois, Cheverny, Valençay....

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484,000 square feet.

Kidwelly Castle was built by the English as a defense against the Welsh.

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it had draw bridges and cannons

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The ditch was the moat, and it might be dry or full of water.

In order to attack a castle, you had to break through the gate, go over the walls, or break the walls down. The moat made it difficult to get to the gate, if there was a drawbridge, made it very hard to get ladders or siege towers to the walls to go over them, and made it very hard to dig under the walls to break them down, especially if it was full of water.

The speed with which William the Conqueror committed to the creation of a castle at Chepstow is testament to its strategic importance.

cold, mostly damp, servants served 24/7,lord and lady got served whenever

I was unable to find names of people who lived in Kidwelly Castle. Since it was a royal castle, built for defense against a local population, and the king seems never to have lived there, it probably was only the home to its English garrison, or to the garrisons of the Welsh who occasionally took it over.

Just as the case of many others, there is no record of the construction of Warkworth Castle. We believe it is dated from the middle of the 11th century, but do not have any idea how long it took to build.

A large castle could have hundreds of people living in it, but most had far fewer. If you think about it, nearly all castles were abandoned at some point, and had no one living in them at all.

Medieval castles had no steam room.

Because it had more force and power over the people of England

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The best closest to Leeds would be:- Pontefract - 1070 Sandal, Wakefield - Motte and Bailey Henry VI Cliffords Tower - York 1086 William the Conqueror + city walls and gates Knaresborough - 14th Century (Wentworth Castle isnt, it's a mansion house) Go to the Royal Armouries in Leeds Bizarrely enough Leeds castle is in Kent.

A few thousand at least

Individuals did not attack castles, but armies and it was to take the land and power from the man who had them. Western Europe was made up of small sections controlled by nobles who owned their power to a king. These small parts would often change hands when another man wanted the land and power. The strongest won. It is that simple.

Carrickfergus Castle is wrong its Ballynahinch Castle

Actually, knights did not destroy castles, at least not fighting the way knights traditionally fought. Knights were heavy cavalry, and they fought on fields where horses could be used to advantage. Against a castle, they were nearly useless. Knights could command the armies brought against castles, however, and work on them in that capacity.

Castles were destroyed in various ways.

One was to assault the castle too quickly for the defenders to get ready. This was not usually possible, though it did happen from time to time.

Another was to use siege machines. A battering ram could break down the gate of the castle. A catapult could break the walls apart, but it took a long time to do it.

A siege could be put in place with the hope of starving the people in the castle. In such a case, catapults could toss the bodies of people who had died of some horrible disease over the walls, with a view to spreading sickness among the defenders.

One was to use mines. A tunnel was dug under the castle walls producing a large chamber. This chamber was then filled with something that could burn slowly; often the bodies of dead pigs were used because the fat would burn. The fire, which could continue for days, gradually weakened the walls until they collapsed.

A medieval castle was nearly always a fort. It was run in a military fashion.