castles

First castles

The earliest castles appeared in the 9th and 10th centuries. Lords built castles for protection and bases for soldiers. They built it from earth and timber. The simplest castle was the ring work: It was an enclosure surrounded by a ditch with a ditch with an earth rampart inside. They had a strong timber fence (or palisade) built on top of the rampart. In the 11th century motte and bailey castles became popular. Earth mound (or motte) was built next to yard (or bailey).


Concentric castles

In the mid 13th century castles built with rings of stone walls, one inside the other called concentric castles. Outer was fairly close to and lower than the inner, sometimes it was so low that it seemed no m...