Stone Castles

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It is not known precisely when the castle was built, but records show the existence of a castle on this site from the early 1200s. The area had been granted to the Durward family in 1229, and they were probably the builders of the castle
It is not know exactly when Urquhart Castle was built or who built it. It is thought possibly to have built by someone in the Durward family, as they took possession of the property in 1229, about the time the castle was built.

William The Conqueror. Aka William of Normandy.

He didn't he made them to assist in taking over Great Britain

Durin the time he was alive before he conquered England.

The most widely known castles are the medieval castles of Europe. However, a castle is a fortification in which people lived.

They can also be found in Japan, China and other places. The Osaka Castle, for example, is one of the more famous castles in Japan.

Possibly a hundred or so people, including servants, lived in the stone keeps. A keep was a last resort place of safety for defenders of a castle. In general, the Lord and his lady would have private rooms on the top, with a floor held as the great hall, where people met to eat, according to their station in life. Often a dungeon was prisoners was part of it; also room for horses and other animals. Living quarters were on an upper floor, accessible by ladder.

All castles that exist today are made from stone because stone lasts for a long time. In total there were three types of castles: Stone Keep castles (Stone castles), Motte and Bailey castles and Concentric castles. The Stone Keep castles were made out of stone along with the Concentric Castles and still stand to this day as great monuments. The Motte and Bailey castles, however were made out of wood and have all rotted away to leave none left standing today.

disadvantage:dig a tunnel underneath

advantage:no weak square corners

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

A stone keep castle is stronger than a motte and bailey castle because motte and bailey castles were made out of wood. Stone is stronger than wood for these reasons: * Wood rots quickly (stone dosn't) * Wood burns (stone dosn't) * Wood isn't as strong as stone

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!

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

As the square keep was Square, the corners could be easily undermined. They'd usually send some men down a hole, make them tunnel until they reached a corner of the keep, put a pigs bladder under the corner, set fire to it. It would explode/catch fire taking away the corner of the castle and could make it crumble away. Also because the keep had straight corners, your attacker would have the advantage, because you might not have been able to spot them until it was too late.

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.

Motte and Bailey Castles are created on a raised mound which is either natural in formation or built. At the top perimeter of the mound a wooden post fence is built and within this enclosure there is usually a watch tower built. The design probably dates back as far as the neolithic period when hill forts were constructed to protect towns.

These type of castles are temporary in nature unlike the stone keep castle which as its name implies is made of more permanent materials and is surrounded by a stone wall. Later versions of stone walled castles employed such structures as gatehouses, moats keeps and watchtowers, including the grander ones having both inner and outer courtyards.

It was built as defensive outpost for the Tower of London about a days

march away in 1070. Henry II converted in to stone 100 years later.

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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.

stone walls around a castle are called curtain walls. they are built for defence.

The Motte was a defensive feature to a Motte and Bailey castle because By The Time The attackers got to the top Of The Motte (a big hill where the main castle was) They would Be KNACKERED!! (I Learnt this in my history lesson!)

In the year of 1066 during the invasions of Britain Scotland and Wales castles were built in every realm to defend the city or town there these realms are now called counties of england scotland and wales such as essex wessex sussex etc

Motte and Bailey Castles, Concentric Castles and Stone Castles protect you when you are under attack. These type of castles where used by the Normans after they had taken control of England. They built castles all around the Country. The castles got most the English men under control. The few that they hadn't got under control led rebellians to try and destroy one of the Normans' castle. The castles were too powerful and always overpowered the rebellers.

Castles were usually cold, because there was only one fireplace. To be useful, this fireplace would have to be tended continuously. However, the heat was reserved for the lord and the lady, which had left very little heat for the others in the castle. The castles were dark at night, because the only two sources of light were few lanterns (which emitted small amounts of light) and windows (which would have been useless at night, since it was dark outside). Castles were damp because that is were they kept their dungeons in the cold, wet, and damp place!