10 facts about castles

Answer 1

Medieval castles in Europe were built for more than 500 years - from around 1000 AD to 1550 AD.

At first castles were made of wood. But they were too easy to burn down. In 1100 CE people started to build them with stone.

Castles were usually built on top of a hill, if the hill was flat at the top. So then, the guards could easily spot attackers coming.

A moat was built around many of the castles. This was a deep, round pond outside the castle walls, filled with water. A bridge was built to cross the moat and it was raised during an attack.
Facts about castles:

1. Medieval castles are castles built from the time of the Norman Conquest, which began in 1066, to the start of the Tudor period in 1485.

2. The Normans introduced the first proper castles, starting with the wooden Motte and Bailey castles, to England following their victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

3. Castles were built to provide safety and protection from attack and to display the owner's rank and wealth.

4. Castles were often built on hilltops or surrounded by water to make them easier to defend.

5. Spiral stairs in towers are designed to give defenders an advantage. When attackers are making their way up, the shape of the tower makes attackers expose more of their body to the defenders.

6. The walls of the castles were very high making it hard for attackers to climb over.

7. Attackers were easy to shoot while swimming or rowing across the moats filled with water.

8. Murder holes were placed at the ceiling, when a attacker walks beneath hot liquids would be poured on their heads.

9. 166 houses were destroyed in order to build Lincoln castle.
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Answer 2

They featured large towers on each of the corners for defense with large walls connecting them. Inside the castle walls there was a chapel, livestock pens barracks, and other things to ensure the castle could feed and provide for itself without the land that normally produced foods for the castle.

Answer 3

-At Exeter castle, wine was used to extinguish fire from a siege. This happened in 1136.

-Spiral stairs in towers are designed to give defenders an advantage. When attackers are making their way up, the shape of the tower makes attackers expose more of their body to the defenders.

-The Black Death left many deaths. For example all the inhabitants of Cainhoe Castle, in England; perished from the Black Death. The castle was found abandoned some time later.

-Donnington Castle suffered the longest known siege. It lasted from July 1644 to April 1646.

-Medieval long-bows had a range of more than 200 feet.

-In the Dark Ages, people believed that swords were blessed due to their cross-shape.

-166 houses were destroyed to build Lincoln Castle.

-Heated sand was used in medieval warfare. When interlopers attacked during the day, the sand accumulated on a castle would be thrown at them. Heated sand has the effect of penetrating an armor and of making a person run away.

-The only five-sided keep in England is located in Mitford Castle.

-It has been proved that Framlingham Castle is built under a Saxon cemetery.

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Answer 4

Since the power and security of a lord depended upon his ability to defend himself, fief owners began to build sturdy castles. Castles were designed to withstand a siege and to mount a defense. made of wood. But they were too easy to

burn down. By 1100 CE, castles were built of stone. Thick walls surrounded a

castle. Inside these thick walls, there were many buildings.

At the first sign of trouble, the commoners rushed to get inside the castle walls before the gates closed and shut them out.

Answer 5

A medieval castle was a big empty place. There was a great room or hall that was used for everything. At one end of this room was a fireplace and other than that not much else. There were no private rooms in a castle so everyone was thrown together in living space. The purpose of a castle was to provide for protection and defense and not to provide for comfort. Today the ruins of the castles don't tell historians much since they are empty of anything personal by the people who lived in them. The lavish castles that we think of as "castles" are the ones that were changed, rebuilt, and upgraded in later ages.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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