The name Castle means "the man who lives in the castle".The word castle comes from the Latin castellum. This referred to a small fort used as a watchtower or signal station.
One person to live in York Castle was King John. He used the castle as his personal home for his security.
The Vianden castle was one of the largest fortified castles west of Rhine.
The keep was the big bit of the castle. The secret passage was the secret part of the castle.
Some parts of Kenilworth castle changed because lots of weapons became more advanced so it needed to be changed so the castle can still stand. In the 1600 Kenilworth castle had an extra wall, great hall, causeway and an Elizabethan palace rooms.
The main tower of a castle was called the keep. It was the inner stronghold of the castle and often served as the residence of the lord. It was typically the last refuge during battle and defending the castle.
Most churches were in fact not located near the lord's castle. But if they were, it was because often a town developed around the lord's castle. And where a town developed, the number of people grew and they started building chapels and churches. But there were a great number of towns, cities and villages with not a castle in sight, and there the people built churches as well.
the old ones kept falling down with instabilty.
Defend Your Castle is a Flash-based browser game developed by XGen Studios. It is considered a single player arcade game with the option of multiplayer co-op.
Warwick Castle facts:On the south coast is the River- Avon.It is a castle developed by William the conqueror.It was built in 1068.It's address is, Warwick Castle, Warwick CV 34 4QU.It has 300 dungeons.It was built to protect the Normans from the Saxons who wanted revenge on William because he killed there king.
The Bastion castle, developed about the 15th Century was an advance in that there were outside the walls, no spaces that were concealed from view. From a Military point of view, Angled Bastions were the superior design. Sometimes called Triangula bastion.
Catapults were for entering a fortified castle and the Vikings were raiders who moved fast and lightly. They wouldn't have built a catapult nor needed one. So, they were developed in the middle ages to attack at castle.
A concentric castle (or multiple castle) is a castle within a castle
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!
The square keep probably came first because it seemed to be more developed then the shell keep
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