castles

• what were the castles called

  motte and bailey
• what was the keep

  a strong wooden tower that provided a lookout point
• how was the keep used

  as an elevated attack position so that archers could defend the whole area
• what was the motte

  a large mound of earth 5-7 metres high
• because the motte was earth it meant it was?

  fireproof
• how did the ditch that surrounded the motte and bailey castle protect the castle from attacks?

  it was filled with water which made it harder for attackers to get through it
• why were castles important?

  • located in strategic places such as river crossings which made it easier to keep local population under surveillance
  • used as base for attacks
  • used to control areas and had physcological impact on normans making them feel dominated
• how were castles different from buhrs

  • burhs protected anglo saxons
  • castles built to control anglo saxons
  • burhs were designed to defend communities and castles were mainly private