Stone Castles

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the key feature of a square keep are the turrets stone wall

Later castles were castles introduced in the beginning of the the Tudor period. They were not used as fortresses but as a kind of palace. Raglan castle is a famous Later Castle.

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This is because the keep itself is made out of Stone.

they were built in medieval times.

Yes, pretty much.

The difference between a stone keep castle and a concentric castle is that a stone keep castle had hardly any defence. The only defence was their high walls. But the concentric castles had loads of walls surounding them. The word 'concentric' actually means with common middle point: describes circles and spheres of different sizes with the same middle point.

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Villandry is an elegant castle from the Renaissance period. Originally a feudal stronghold stood on the spot where Phillip Augustus king of France and Henry II Plantagenet king of England met on July 4, 1189. This wonderful castles is also famous for the magical beauty of its gardens laid out by the famous landscape gardener Doctor Carvallo, it was also develop with the Italian Renaissance style. At that time, Italian gardens were characterized by a geometric layout and a typically architectonic taste.

on google, although im currently doing a school project on castles and have not been able to find any decent diagrams :/

no, no one ever lived in the Chillon castle it was built for military purposes

Yes i just researched this and it is built on a hill so i think that it makes it a motte and bailey as it was built between 1066 and 1087. ( when William the conqueror was in reign).

You could fall through the holes and possibly to your death or enemies.

it was made of stone eventually after the 12th century it turned into round tower.

Features of castles changed greatly throughout the centuries. A motte and bailey castle, for example, prevalent in France after the viking invasion and England after 1066, consisted of a huge mound of earth with a tower on top. An early stone castle consisted of one stone keep, sometimes huge in size (e.g Rochester) and perhaps a ditch around the outside.
After this, castles got fancy. The idea of a keep was abandoned and a concentric castle was developed- no keep, just really strong curtain walls, with mural towers (towers in the wall) The gatehouse became the strongest point of a castle, with either two or one towers protecting it, depending on the date it was built in. Arrow slits were an early development, and when guns were used, they were often adapted to accomodate guns too. A good example of a castle like this is Caerphilly, built by Edward I in the late 12th century.

A ventilation slit is to let fresh air into the castle and to shoot arrows from.

11th century castles were made out of wood.

I built a stone root cellar in the early 90s. This cellar was dug into a hillside with a backhoe and the I gathered enough flat stone from the surrounding fields to rock up the walls. The cellar was appox. 8 ft. x 15 ft. The roof was made from small steel trusses that spaned the walls and these in turn were covered with galvanized sheetin and then about 18 inches of peat. The entrance consisted of two doors seperated by about 2 ft. This cellar took about a couple of months before it was completed as I only worked at it during my spare time. I didn't put a vent but It would have been a good idea. The vegtables stored here keep well.

Heating techniques probably varied by region and epoch.

The Short answer is: 1. Heated 'masses'. and 2. building fire was a science to people.

A common house design going back a couple hundred years includes a centrally located large fireplace and hearth to serve various purposes. Seeing as fire was the most advanced technology the people in question had at the time, fire would have been very central in their lives.

A large fireplace capable of safely burning full size logs, several feet long would need to be sturdily built. With brick or stone enclosures (and chimneys) several feet thick.

A fire place 5' tall x 7' long x 4' deep, could possibly involve over 100 cubic feet of stone heated to 800 or 900 degrees. There is what you call a 'heated mass'. Five or Six or who knows how many strategically placed large fires could certainly provide enough heat for a large structure.

Furthermore the actual building of a fire was a highly advanced skill for both men and women. They understood that different types of material burn at different rates, lights, and heats. If somebody had the means, one could have materials (wood) from other regions brought to them.

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There are many strengths and weaknesses of a stone keep castle. One strength includes the size which makes it intimidating to attackers. The height also makes it easier to foresee attacks miles away. However, since stone keeps are square, an attacker could simply remove a corner and wait for the castle walls to cave in.

They were very bis so it was around 100 Meters height and 200 Meters around.x

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the moat around the castle was there to protect the castle when it came under attack. A moat is basically a circle river dug around the castle. Hope this helps

design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores describe your tool in a sentence or two