A SIGNIFICANT PART OF A NOBLES DAY WAS TAKEN UP WITH PRACTISING HIS SKILLS WITH THE LONGBOW, SWORD OR HUNTING (WHICH WOULD ALSO IMPROVE HIS HORSE RIDING AND COMBAT SKILLS). BUT HE ALSO HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS CASTLE WAS SAFE AGAINST ATTACK, WHICH INVOLVED A SERIES OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD EITHER FRIGHTEN PEOPLE OR ATTEMPT TO KILL THEM OR BOTH.
THESE WERE PICTURES I TOOK AT MOUNTFITCHET, WHICH I HAVE BEEN USING AS REFERENCE:
WATCH TOWER:
LARGE CATAPULT (NEAR THE BACK OF THE CASTLE WALLS - LARGE STONES):
SMALL CATAPULT (FRONT OF THE CASTLE WALLS - SMALL STONES AND DEBRIS):
THE CASTLE BOUNDARIES:
THE MOAT SURROUNDING THE CASTLE WAS A DRY MOAT (NO WATER) WITH SHARPENED STICKS IN IT SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET IMPALED IF THEY TRIED TO CHARGE THE CASTLE:
THE MAIN GATE (HAD THE SHIELD SO THAT PEOPLE KNEW WHO'S CASTLE IS WAS. SAME WITH THE FLAGS. ALSO THE SEVERED HEADS OF CAPTURED ATTACKERS WERE PUT ON STICKS TO FRIGHTEN PEOPLE OFF!)
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