Castles

The same people who built them. Mainly stone masons.

It is a good location because it could get supplies like oak, stone and a little bit of flint from Pirtsdown Hill. Also it is on the top of the hill so enemies will have to climb up it to get there. It is near the harbour so it can attack easily. Thats about it.

it took a few months to build the simple Motte and bailey castles. These were the early models made of earth and timber. I guess the other ones made of stone would take longer. Hope that helps

Medieval castles were built out of stone, mortar, and wood.

It took at least 8 years. However before them the motte an bailey castles were the ones u used to live in however they were made from wood and fire was a great weakness so william the conquror decided to use stone. that is how stone keep catsles were started

The concentric castles of the 13th century were, as far as defence was concerned, excellant the only problem is they were often very expensive to build and many in Britain were either unfinished or abandoned.

many have been used, but reinforced concrete is preferred now as properties are more predictable and consistent.

disadvantage:dig a tunnel underneath

advantage:no weak square corners

There are many ways: Spies could infiltrate it, opening the gates for your army to enter. You could blast or catapult rocks into the walls until they fall down, allowing your army to get inside. The cheapest way is to get regiments of infantry with ladders to climb up one of the walls and capture a tower, giving them a foothold. Besieging the said castle works also. If no food or other supplies pass into the settlement they will eventually starve and surrender. It would also be possible to undermine the walls. This means digging under the wall and setting fire to the supporting timbers, causing the walls to topple.

During the seige, tunnels were excavated under deep under the stone walls of castles. The carcasses of pigs, which in those days were more fat than lean were burnt in the excavations with any other flammable material available. This weakened the Castle structure and aided in the collapse of the walls

King François built it. (:

It was used to entertain important guests from other countries, likely to be kings. They would also hold banquets or balls for important lords and barons in the medival times. It also would act as a vacation for kings, if they wanted. It was also a place were you could make laws and regulations. Hope that helped.

old but nice

William the Conqueror first built the artificial hill and the wooden structure of the castle between 1070 and 1086. A paint restorer was working on the current restoration taking place in the Queen's Private Chapel in 1992. He was using a 1,000-watt halogen lamp for his work. At about 11:33 AM the lamp caught a curtain on fire. One of the upgrades over the years was an alarm system and the Fire Brigade was alerted.

It was caught on fire as the lamp set a curtain on fire (basically) :)

A Square Keep castle usually sits on a hill. It only has 1 wall of defence, whereas a concentric castle usually has about 3 thick walls. Concentric's also have a keep in the middle that has a wall 2.5 metres thick!

The towers on early castles were square until it was realised that incoming projectiles, rocks from catapults and cannon balls did considerable damage where ever they hit the towers. To reduce the damage it was reasoned that round towers would only suffer major damage if struck in the middle. Shot striking off-centre would have some of the force, and hopefully the ball or rock, deflected. This turned out to be the case.

these fortifications were called ringworks, the castle's primary defense against attack

Castles developed slowly but eventualy, as time brought us gunpowder, they became useless and were forgotten.

A moat is a water-filled ditch around a castle.

thta is nasty nd and u have to take a shower four a couple of days

nd then if u fall in a moat u can die nd i am being do serrouse

When gunpowder and cannons were invented, castles where more used for homes and less for defence.

Castles were occupied by anyone who could afford to build one. A king might have a massive stone castle, while a lower level aristocrat might have a smaller, wooden one.

Medival castles do still exist in various places around the world. They are not being constructed in this age, but remain as historical landmarks. There are quite a few types of castles around the world including: Motte and bailey castles, Stone castles, square keep castles etc...

In early castles, the chapel was located next to the main gate or some times near the keep so the king, lord, lady, and knights to get there fast or sometimes at night to and pray.

Shell Keep castles were built in the year 1172!

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Not sure where the adjective "shell" comes from, but castles with a keep - the central building in the complex, and the main accommodation - were built mainly in the few centuries of the Mediaeval period , not just in one arbitrary year.