Stone Castles

yes,the Bodiam is still standing today in west Sussex, people from all over the world come to visit this Medieval {Middle Ages} castle which is one of best castles built in the Medieval Times by Edward Dalyngrigge

It allows for quick building. It takes a long time to build a stone castle. In those pre-gunpowder days, wood was fairly resistant to most forms of attack. All you needed was a good watchguard and a supply of water in case the eneny tried to burn the place down. Otherwise they had to assault the place with ladders and battering rams.

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They did not change from shell keep castles to square keep castle, they existed at the same time.

Most shell keeps were a result of replacing the wooden towers on top of the man made Mottes (erected as a quick way of making a castle) with stone buildings, as they were man made it was often thought they would not take the weight of keep with very tall thick walls like the Tower of London so they made shell keeps, with thinner walls.

To build a substantial keep they would have to demolish the Motte. You would have thicker stronger walls with a square tower, but the extra height on top of the motte is also a defensive advantage, and it woule be cheaper.

I don't know how, but I know why they changed stone , its because;

1.they could be burnt down .

2.they could be easily attacked .

3.they weren't very strong and were prone to rotting so they didn't last long.

hope this helps ^^

they were expensive to build

The square keep probably came first because it seemed to be more developed then the shell keep

A keep is on top if a hill that protects all the important people e.g. the knights

you pronounce it mot

To see pictures and diagrams of what castles look like, click on the related links listed below.

As the medieval period spanned approx 400 years, what medieval castles looked like could vary a lot depending upon when they were built, what materials were used and the location.

Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 until around 1100, castles were mainly motte and bailey type with frames and palisades (fences) made of timber.

From the 12th century onwards these were replaced by castles made of stone, the most substantial being concentric castles. Leeds Castle in Kent built in 1119 is a good example of a concentric castle which is still in tact.

The site for a castle's construction could vary enormously and therefore affected how it was built and how it looked. One example is Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland which was built on very high ground overlooking. Another is Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey which was built on marshland.

See links below:

Medieval castles timeline 1066 to 1399

Leeds Castle photos

they keep modifying it through the years until they get to that stage. aswell they might not have the stone materials so not all of the motte and bailey castles have been modified and are still standing on countries today.

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.

the motte and bailey was secure because they had the wooden fence around the whole castle and the motte was high on its hill, which made the enemies not able to climb. The bailey had a d shaped ditch which also made the enemies fall in and not be able to attack.

(cass-L) is how you pronounce it castle

they did

Bodiam Castle was not just built for defence but also for display, It didn't have much defensive features.Bodiam Castle is also considered to be one of the best moated castles from the late medieval period. Even if it was not used as a defence, It had defensive walls ,inner courts , a wooden bridge (defended by a drawbridge), its own defended Gatehouse and Attackers then faced machicolations, three pairs of heavy doors, three portcullises and further 'murder holes' in the vaulted passageway. :)

Castles were once made of wood but that burnt down easily, so over the years it was built by stone

A man called Thomas Woodstock, he oversaw the construction

Advantages: Mass murder & killing at long range on scales never before seen. 30000 Men killed on one day alone at the Battle of the Sonne. It stopped infantry troops to have to duck for cover where they used to line up in rows to fire, that would no longer work in the world of machine guns hence trenches were made to protect the soldiers and hold the lines.

The disadvantages are that they often over heated and were heavy and hard to move. You did not just pick one up alone and move it locale to locale and fire it. It took a team to do it. The Germans probably had one of the best of the machine guns of the time and the French probably the worst one. They often were clogged up with dirt and malfunctioned because of it or as I said barrels over heated due to too much firing at once.

The Browning automatic was a powerful automatic but held few rounds over all. The Tommy gun was good for close combat but it used a small .45 caliber round.

I hope this helps some.

a moat, drawbridge, 9feet thick curtain wall, machicolations, round towers, motte and double bailey, portcullisand a gatehouse.

Red Gilbert had ruled over Caerphilly Castle. After dying in 1295, his son-in-law, Hugh Despenser, acquires the castle and family lands.

yes, Skipton castle is a stone keep castle