WHAT WOULD YOU HEAR AT A CASTLE?
The stone walls whispering secrets of its ancient past.
The trickling of water dripping in the cellar.
The conversation of past rulers.
"Castillo" is a Spanish equivalent of "castle."
The Spanish word is a masculine noun. Its singular definite article is "el" ("the"). Its singular indefinite article is "un" ("a, one").
The pronunciation is "kah-STEE-yoh."
Was Arundel Castle ever attacked?
Arundel Castle has been attacked 3 times. In 1102, Henry I took the castle from Robert de Belleme, in 1139 King Stephen attacked as the Castle was sheltering the Empress Matilda and in 1643, the Castle was held by the Royalists and taken by the besieging forces of General Waller.
Who lived at Caerphilly castle?
Red Gilbert had ruled over Caerphilly Castle. After dying in 1295, his son-in-law, Hugh Despenser, acquires the castle and family lands.
What are some of the mechanisms of defense in a castle?
alligator/parhana moats, walls, towers, archers, etc.
Th great sewers is erithopeia of The deomgrpho of the surayrian witch is oldest 28 thousand b.c.. I lie
Who were the skeletons at maiden castle?
They went to Windsor castle, I no, it's far away and they locked them up in the Baraoclk. A dungeon. After 300 years they went to Costa bay and tied the bones in a green silk rap, set fire to them and let them float in the sea. Lovely. 4 years later Mr WIilliam Saxonburg, Duke of North Durham found them in ashes, but strangly the silk rap was not burnt. This has always been a mystery, yet one to be answered.
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Im a Historian.
Well, a gatehouse is a part of a castle that is heavily defended. The gate house includes a drawbridge and maybe murder holes. If attackers get in, defenders could shower them with rocks, red hot sand, or boiling water and oil through the muder holes in the ceiling. A heavy metal portcullis protected the gate house enterence
When was hedingham castle built?
Hedingham castle was built in the early 11th/ 12th century.
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What method might be used to force a castle to surrender Europe?
there are 2 main things that would work. first, they use to mine till they were underneath the castle and then they lit pigs on fire and since they were so far, the burned hot which then would eventually cause the castle to collapse. The second is besieging a castle. The knights would surround a castle and starve everyone till they died or till they surrendered.
What are some advantages of drawbridges?
One of the advantages of a draw bridge is lower cost to build. A draw bridge doesn't have the high piers and long approaches of conventional bridges. A disadvantage of a draw bridge is the long wait times as traffic is halted when the bridge is raised for passage.
the person who owns warwick castle is maddam tussaides wax museum! (ive spelt it wrong)
Why were castles deserted after gunpowder was invented?
Because your mom was there. Here is the video to prove it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MT5oNEHrNs
Why are there windows on the engineer castle?
The 16 windows on the engineer castle are symbolic of the 16 core principles of engineering. These principles, outlined by the National Academy of Engineering, are the basis for engineering ethics, and they are:
The 16 window configuration of the engineer castle is a visual representation of these principles, and serves as a reminder of the ethical standards to which engineers should adhere.
Bodiam Castle was built by Sir Edward Dalyngrygge in the 14th Century.