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Castles During The Middle Ages

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Their are different types of castle that were built during the middle ages. The first type of castle that was made was built out of mud and also wood. The wood they used to build the castle would burn. So people started to build their castles out of stone instead of wood around 1100 CE. Castle had openings high in the walls. The openings high in the walls were for archers so that they were able to shoot at invaders that tried to invade the castle. The castles in the middle ages were usually built and designed to defend a certain location in that time. Most of the castles were built on top of a hill or at the beginning of a harbor and or a bay. The location people would want to build their castles was at the top of a hill or mountain. If you

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