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What are castles?

Why were they built? Where were they built?

What were the first castles like?

What have you learned?

What are castles?

Castles are huge, strong houses where kings and lords once lived with their families, soldiers and servants.

They were a home and a fortress.

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The first castles were very simple motte and bailey castles. There was an earthen mound like a hill which was called a motte and on the top of that there was a tower.

Lots of earth had to be dug and piled up to make the great mound!

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What were the first castles like?

The first towers were built with wood.

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