The barbican was an exterior castle defence situated at the entrance of the castle. The Barbican or 'death trap' was developed as another way to strengthen the main entrance, by adding more defenses in front of it - the barbican confined the enemy in a narrow passage - an easy target for castle defenders! The most common barbican design was a walled passage projecting from the front of the gatehouse.
the first kind of castles were moat and bailey castles.
what were the first castles made from?
Castles were built out of stones or bricks.
Castles were built out of stones or bricks.
Wooden palisades on top of earth mounds with ditches and ramparts.
The old Abby in maltby in Rotherham it took him 35 years to find where to put it
Medieval castles were built out of stone, mortar, and wood.
motte and bailey castles were the first castles built by william and later stone castles came around they were first rectangular but then were made circular which was better defence. e.t.c. ;-)
Castles were first built in 1066, this was mainly due to the battle of hastings
The first castle were a defencestructure or a fortress. Monarch (royalty) or nobles were the usual residents of these castles.
Well the first castles were structures of a tower on a high floor. Then they came up with fancier castes that were used for king and queens. The first castles were like forts.
Normady