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Stone Castles
Questions about the stone castles that were built in the 11th century just after the motte and bailey castles. The stone castles still exist today.
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These are called murder holes. They were used to drop boiling water/oil, stones and other heavy objects on the enemy.
What is storming the gateway of a castle?
Storming the gateway of a castle means to use a battering ram and essentially breaking in though the gateway ( main door of castle).
Did king and queens live in the castle in medieval times?
Kings and Queens did live in castles but not all castles had a king or queen living in them.
How is the keep of a castle made self-sufficient?
So if the king or his soldiers got trapped ..... they could surrive with chickens for food and self diffence and things like that .(:
Are there any castles in america?
There are no genuine medieval castles in the USA, because the Americas were not discovered until after the medieval period had ended.
There are the "fairytale" Disney castles and some modern attempts at reconstructing medieval castles, but no genuine ones.
Can you show Medieval castle measured on a blueprint?
Yes, yes you can. You must first get a piece of paper to draw on. and maybe a writing utensil would be helpful. and a ruler and other stuff to measure with. i suggest you make a rough draft of your blueprint before the actual thing. before drawing it out you must think of a scale. (? inch = ? ft) when you get that figured out you preheat the oven for the pizza rolls. then go back to your work. you must start drawing out the numerous walls to the castle, to scale. then you start on the inside..with the keep, kitchen, hall..and such. mark everything you draw with a measurement to show the measurements of the castle! put the pizza rolls in the oven. take a nap. eat pizza rolls.
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The rough size of an stone keep castle?
It depends on how much stone you use to build it. Sometimes the hill cannot take the weight.
What was in a Keep in a medieval castle?
The word keep was not used until after the medieval period, so in that sense medieval castles did not have keeps.
The medieval term was donjon or donjun (in Anglo-Norman French), which meant the main defensive tower in a stone castle. Every castle was different, so the donjonmight be centrally placed or offset to one end, or even part of the external circuit wall (the curtain).
Norman donjons were generally square or nearly so, and with a storage area on the ground floor, accessible only from inside. The first floor included the entrance, reached by an external stair of wood or stone; above this might be the chapel and main hall, with private apartments on the floor above. At roof level were battlements and small corner towers. Inside would be a deep well to provide water.
Some donjons were circular, others made with many sides.
The whole concept of a "final refuge" in the donjon if the rest of the castle were captured proved to be flawed; perhaps the attackers could not get in - but neither could the defenders get out, so it effectively became a prison. In the long term the defenders could be starved into submission.
What were the living conditions like in a castle specifically?
They were cold, stinky, and damp. The floors had rushes on them that were cleaned once a year. In the meantime all the dogs in the keep had laid on them and done "their business" on them. Food was thrown on the floors and bones thrown to the dogs. All of this added up to a big smell. There was little heat in the rooms so it was cold and damp.Tapestry's were hung on the walls to try to make it warmer, but there were openings ( arrow slots and open windows) that allowed the cold air in. We have a view that a castle was something out of Camelot or Sleeping Beauty and it wasn't. There was very little privacy in a castle as well. People often shared rooms and as far as bathrooms or bath tubs that was something that wasn't seen too often. It was a rough life.
In the context of castles, it refers to the large mound or hill on which the keep stood.
Natural or man-made mound.
How do you get a castle on Warcraft 2?
Its easy you get a keep then you make all the things you havent like farms,barrs,ect.
What Goes Inside A Castle Is A lot of pretty stuff i lived in a castle and a pretty kitchen a pretty pool a pretty rooms you can live in mine but my stuff is moved to my new castle you can look one up this is the one mine looks google.
Is Conisbrough castle a typical castle?
== == Castles had some common features, but there was no such thing as a typical castle. They were built over different times by different people with different materials.
