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How the castle was built.













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Poland- making posters about the castle in Olsztyn. Presentation

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At first castles were made of wood. But they were too easy to burn down. By 1100 CE, castles were built of stone. Thick walls surrounded a castle. Inside these thick walls, there were many buildings. Castles were usually built on top of a hill, if one was handy. That way, the lookout guards could more easily spot attackers approaching.

A moat was built around many of the castles. This was a deep ditch surrounding the castle walls, filled with water. A bridge was built to cross the moat. The bridge was raised during an attack.

One of the largest spaces behind the thick walls was the keep. The keep was a storage area topped by a huge square tower with slotted windows for castle archers to use. The keep stored food, wine, and grain in case of siege.

Other buildings made up the barracks. The barracks were the homes of the knights and their families.

The Great Hall was a passageway that connected the lord's home to the keep.

The chapel was build either inside the lord's home or as a separate building. The chapel was a place to hold religious services.





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We have got ICT lessons from time to time. We draw pictures about castles and knights. We like it very much.

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