Castles

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a draw bridge is made out of wood and chain

The barbican was an exterior castle defence situated at the entrance of the castle. The Barbican or 'death trap' was developed as another way to strengthen the main entrance, by adding more defenses in front of it - the barbican confined the enemy in a narrow passage - an easy target for castle defenders! The most common barbican design was a walled passage projecting from the front of the gatehouse.

The castle started out as a Saxon Fortress started in 857 A.D. It was converted into a stone Donjon in 1119 and has continued to change and have additions made til 1988. For more detailed information, check out the additional links.

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Crenels and merlons are the parts of the battlement or parapet at the top of the walls of a castle. A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof. It becomes a battlement when portions are cut out to allow the discharge of arrows or other projectiles. The cut out portions are called crenels. The solid portions between the crenels are called merlons. When not shooting at an enemy, a soldier can take cover behind the merlons. When shooting, the soldier is at least protected by the part of the wall below the crenel so that only the upper part of the body is exposed during the shot. The merlons also protected the soldiers from arrows, etc. that might be launched from most angles other than straight-on.

Warrick Castle was built to protect a hilltop settlement in the town called Warwick. The castle was built in 914.

It depends on which "mote" you are referring to. I am assuming you are meaning "mote" as in "castle mote" so the rest of this definition applies to that assumption. Typically speaking, mote is the proper word to use to reference this man-made trench. A mote is a specific type of well, or trench dug out typically surrounding an edifice. Many times the type of edifice is applied to the description: one of the more common ones being "castle mote." But motes don't have to surround castles, they can surround entire cities, a house, or even pieces of land. They also don't have to be circular, nor do they have to surround the edifice or piece of land entirely. Motes are a specific type of man-made trenches; so a synonym would be "trench." But not all trenches are motes. Another synonym would be "ditch", but yet again, not all ditches are motes. The alternative spelling is "moat." Note: this is the proper alternative spelling for the word "mote" when referencing the man-made trench; it is not an alternative spelling for the word "mote" with the other definitions mentioned below. Moat is also a verb, meaning both "to fortify" and "to surround." Note: Mote also means "speck", "tiny particle", "flicker." Another definition is "meeting lodge" or "meeting place." It is also used as a verb meaning "may" or "might" as in the expression "so mote it be." "Mote" as used in the KJV of the Bible refers to a speck of dirt (i.e. particle of dust.)

The Castle in the Forest was created in 2007.

Generally, when speaking about the living quarters there were 2 areas that would come to mind; The barracks and the very inner keep. When speaking about a Castle, the Barracks were where the soldiers and guards slept, rarely would a citizen be found within the military infrastructure. However, inside the main keep of the castle, there were generally upper rooms ordained the Inn or noble suites. Aside from any other housing the Inn or Noble suites was the most common place for the nobility to sleep.

The chamber pot, a portable basin, was used in Medieval times. It is exactly what you think it is and was used exactly the way you think it would be.

I think they looked like a big box with a hole in it that goes out to that weird water that surrounds the castle.

Yes, they were often built so they hung out over the moat, if there was one, or just over the side. Ships had exactly the same system, so no-one had to spend time cleaning up.

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Apparently the toilet was a hole at the top of the tower it had a long shoot that went down into the moat. That was not the main purpose of the moat though. The purpose of the moat was to make it harder for opponents to attack. WIth all that poop and pee in the moat opponents wouldn't dare try to cross.

Toilets were usually sited within a castle's outer wall with a drop down to either a river or moat below. Another option was above a long shaft that went down into the ground. Link below shows a picture of some medieval castle toilets.

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Well, I suppose generally anyone who had the money to hire laborers and pay for materials could build a castle. But given the great cost of building a castle in terms of raw materials, labor, and time, this typically meant that only kings and very wealthy and powerful nobles could actually do so.

If you're wondering if there were laws that expressly forbid peasants from building a castle or something to that effect, I have personally never heard of such a law existing, although honestly it would not greatly surprise me to discover a particularly paranoid monarch somewhere made a decree that specifically forbid peasants from building a castle. But such a law really was not necessary as no peasant would have had the means to build one even if he wanted to.

Although there probably was some legislation in place at certain times or in certain places to restrict the ability of a random nobleman to build a castle. For example I remember reading about Broughty Castle that fortification of the site began when an Earl was given permission to do so, presumably by the monarch at the time. Although this was in the mid 15th century, which is pretty late into the castle building era, so I am not sure if that was standard throughout the medieval ages or something unique to that century or to Scotland where that specific castle was built. In any case this sort of law would make more sense to me given that some nobles did actually posses sufficient wealth to build a castle and support an army to defend it, which depending on the noble's loyalties might have posed a threat to the other nobles in the area or even the local monarch.

coz the weapons to destroy dem have changed over time so the castles change, when the castles were made out of wood the attackers burned it down but then a boff came along and said "why dont we build the castles out of brick so we dont get burned down"

Usually from stone, but early motte and baily forts were made of wood. Some fortresses in Eastern Europe were made of brick, since stone is scarce there.

Wooden palisades on top of earth mounds with ditches and ramparts.

The first castle in Europe was the Motte and bailey castle. It was first built in Normandy, France. It was built in 1051.

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Reservoirs are built on high ground to take advantage of gravity and the effect it has on the water stored up there. Gravity pulls down on the water, and no pumps are required to pressurize a water main hooked up to that reservoir. Yes, pumps are needed to lift the water, but the storage unit can be replenished as required. That translates to intermittant operation of the pump. The gravity fed water main is constantly pressurized by the pull of the earth on the water. A better idea from civil engineers. And a no brainer when one thinks about it.

Windsor castle has twelve to fourteen bedrooms.

Well, The rooms were all used differently, but it worked kind of like this.

The Solar:

The Solar was the royal or noble family's private living room where, after a long day they could be alone. The children would play, the wife would paint and the husband would read by the fireplace.

The Chapel: The chapel was the church inside of the castle, at the beginning of the age this was a small room, but later on it became a huge room. The family there would attend daily services, and on Sunday the workers would go along with the family.

The Gatehouse: The gatehouse was the place where visitors were welcomed, it was also heavily guarded. During an attack, the defendants of the castle would drop rocks, sand and other thing down on the intruders.

The Treasury: The treasury was where the King's throne was, he would sit there and discuss matters with the Lords, Knights, Nobles, and so forth. This was the way feudalism worked.

That's as much as I can say, I think that the kitchen and the dungeon are obvious enough, the garden and the bedrooms too. Hope this helps.

Windsor castle

Lincoln castle

Alnwick castle

Leeds castle

Norwich castle

Nunney castle

Yarmouth castle

This really depends on the force that they were defending against, But generally speaking invasion forces would require three times the amount of men that would be defending the castle, due to the high casualty rate inflicted by the many defenses that the castle would have, such as oil and archers.

big, black, bricks falling and knocking you on the head, about to collapse, etc.

castles were important in the middle ages mainly in 1066 and onwards

It's kinda impossible for a guard to guard a castle now, because their all dead! Nah... just joking. MediEvil guards do not exist any more, so people who guard castles are now security guards!