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Castle Defence Features
o The castle has been built on a higher platform of land, overlooking clear and empty land so any approaching attackers can be seen from a distance.
o The castle has strong and thick stone walls that vary between 3-5 metres tall so that he it will hard to climb or penetrate the walls
o The walls are set in a concentric form. Three circular stone walls surround the inner wall which contains the castle. This makes to harder to access and more difficult to enter.
o A solid and thick curtain wall runs around the whole castle complex. It is about four and a half metres thick
o Around the outermost circular wall, there is a wide and deep moat, which is filled with cold water and some dangerous fish. This means that the attackers would not be able to swim across or tunnel under.
o Across the moat runs a drawbridge. The bridge can be raised and lowered so that attackers cannot get in.
o On some of the innermost walls, the top of the wall have battlements which the soldiers can hide behind and fire from the small slits in the stone.
o The innermost wall is a square shape, unlike the concentric walls around it. The corners can be a weak point. If attackers dig underneath them, then they could collapse. Our tower has round towers at the corners so it is harder to collapse it and any form of missile thrown at the rounded surface will deflect easier than if the wall was straight.
o Many towers are situated around the edges of the castle with constant guards on duty
o In the walls, there are narrow slits called arrow loops which allow archers to fire arrows out at the attackers.
o If the attackers manage to get past the first two walls, then there are murder holes (which are holes placed in the ceilings of passageways and gateways) where missiles such as hot sand, heavy rocks, molten lead, boiling water and tar can be dropped into the attackers
o The castle has been built on a higher platform of land, overlooking clear and empty land so any approaching attackers can be seen from a distance.
o The castle has strong and thick stone walls that vary between 3-5 metres tall so that he it will hard to climb or penetrate the walls
o The walls are set in a concentric form. Three circular stone walls surround the inner wall which contains the castle. This makes to harder to access and more difficult to enter.
o A solid and thick curtain wall runs around the whole castle complex. It is about four and a half metres thick
o Around the outermost circular wall, there is a wide and deep moat, which is filled with cold water and some dangerous fish. This means that the attackers would not be able to swim across or tunnel under.
o Across the moat runs a drawbridge. The bridge can be raised and lowered so that attackers cannot get in.
o On some of the innermost walls, the top of the wall have battlements which the soldiers can hide behind and fire from the small slits in the stone.
o The innermost wall is a square shape, unlike the concentric walls around it. The corners can be a weak point. If attackers dig underneath them, then they could collapse. Our tower has round towers at the corners so it is harder to collapse it and any form of missile thrown at the rounded surface will deflect easier than if the wall was straight.
o Many towers are situated around the edges of the castle with constant guards on duty
o In the walls, there are narrow slits called arrow loops which allow archers to fire arrows out at the attackers.
o If the attackers manage to get past the first two walls, then there are murder holes (which are holes placed in the ceilings of passageways and gateways) where missiles such as hot sand, heavy rocks, molten lead, boiling water and tar can be dropped into the attackers