Castles

If a person would like to live in a real castle, it is possible to build one. However, the cost is significantly more than just buying a house. For example, a medium sized castle has a starting budget of over 5 million dollars.

It was built in 1068, but demolished during the Civil War. During the 19th century it was almost built anew.

Motte and Bailey castles were attacked by arrows. Not just any arrows, arrows that were lit at the ends to burn down the castles.

aproximately how many castles are there in the world

No, not all castles have moats around them. In fact most castles do not have moats. The majority of castles are actually built on a hill (or in some cases of some famous German castles, a mountain) to afford a longer range of view. While draw bridges over moats make for good movies the majority of castles do not have moats. It would have been a breeding ground for disease with stagnant water and would have been detrimental to the soundness of the wall. With the advent of the catapult and trebuchet the seige of a castle was, more often, a simple matter of cutting off supplies and waiting out the seige. Why destroy a perfectly good castle you are trying to conquer it? With seige warfare the moat, if anything would have been more decoration then functional. One of the few functional uses for a moat would have been likely to limit the use of ladders to scale the outer wall. In addition a moat would have made having escape tunnels difficult out of the castle\fortress as it would force the tunnel to go under the moat, filled with water, which would likely percolate\penetrate and weaken the tunnel underneath resulting in a cave in and flooding of the tunnel.

They had wore robes and sandles if they were in side of the castle butif they were out side they would were protected armer so they dont get hurt, if they had a battle sraight away they wouldnt be able to change from there robs to there armer. thank you for reading this comment and i just made this up as i think ive got this right in my test ill let you now how i got on . (jokesxox)

Neuschwanstein Castle is located in Hohenschwangau, Germany. Construction on the castle began on September 5, 1869 and was complete around 1892. The castle was built in the Romanesque Revival architectural style.

England has the most castles inthe medival time

England has the most castles inthe medival time

in Scotland on the queens private property

You can have more defences around it also it would be able to make more space for buildings :P

it was built in 1177 by roger bigod and it took him 40 years to builf it

I would say catapults also cannons

It was built of wood in the beginning of th 11th century and burned down on several occasions. At the end of the 11th century it was rebuilt of stone by Robert I. At the beginning of the 13th century it was rebuilt by Andre III. Then in the 15th century it was expanded by Guy XII de Laval.

Because it slowed them down. Men in armour don't swim terribly well so by the time they'd constructed bridges or boarded boats the men above in the fort could cheerfully sink them.

Gunpowder.

Parts of the current castle were completed in the early 18th century. There had been a castle on the site as far back as the 13th century, but it was destroyed by fire in the late 17th century.

To answer your question, the Norman castles had deep ditches and high embankments, which shows how hard it was to attack. It was also quite easy to defend as look-out posts at the top of the bailey could give the inhabitants an early warning if there were signs of a rebellion among the locals.

Through the constant inclination in the residents towards self improvement and higher living standards.

William the Conqueror from Normandy invaded Britain and became king, Normans built many motte and bailey castles as well as the infamous Tower of London. The were originally from Normandy, the area just before Brittany, the panhandle on the northern coast, and im sure they built castles there.

Windsor Castle did have a ditch (moat) up until Charles II had it filled in in the 1700s.The moat was never filled with water though, as the castle is built upon chalk. Any water would have sunk straight through.

about 230 pounds

Personally I would make it out of card board. It could include round towers which could be made out of toilet roll. REMEMBER: A concentric castle needs an outer wall and the castle goes in the middle. The outer wall is to give the castle more protection. Try not to make it a fairy-tale castle and more of a historic castle made out of stone.

When it was besieged. Then, the regular occupants (the castle's lord and his family and servants) would get company from all the lord's knights and soldiers and their servants, sometimes families and other hangers-on.

There were various castle weaknesses. It depends what castle type you are talking about. Wooden castles were used, but had the obvious downfall of no fire resistance, so stone was used instead. Then, because the corners of their square castles were the weakest parts, the builders made circular castles.