Scribd Logo
Загрузить

Добро пожаловать в Scribd!

  • Castle Defences

    Загружено:

    Dilini Dakshika Herath
    59 просмотров1 страница
    Castles were built as fortified homes for lords and kings to protect themselves and their valuables from enemies. They featured defensive structures like loopholes in the walls for archers, machicolations to drop objects on attackers, and moats filled with water to prevent tunneling. Over time, castles evolved new defenses like keyhole-shaped openings for early guns to keep up with changing weapons like trebuchets that could fling large stones, and catapults that used ropes and beams to hurl rocks.

    Исходное описание:

    non chronological report

    Авторское право

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Доступные форматы

    DOC, PDF, TXT или читайте онлайн в Scribd

    Этот документ был вам полезен?

    Это неприемлемый материал?

    Пожаловаться на этот документ
    Castles were built as fortified homes for lords and kings to protect themselves and their valuables from enemies. They featured defensive structures like loopholes in the walls for archers, machicolations to drop objects on attackers, and moats filled with water to prevent tunneling. Over time, castles evolved new defenses like keyhole-shaped openings for early guns to keep up with changing weapons like trebuchets that could fling large stones, and catapults that used ropes and beams to hurl rocks.

    Авторское право:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Скачайте в формате DOC, PDF, TXT или читайте онлайн в Scribd
    Отметить как неприемлемый контент
    59 просмотров1 страница

    Castle Defences

    Загружено:

    Dilini Dakshika Herath
    Castles were built as fortified homes for lords and kings to protect themselves and their valuables from enemies. They featured defensive structures like loopholes in the walls for archers, machicolations to drop objects on attackers, and moats filled with water to prevent tunneling. Over time, castles evolved new defenses like keyhole-shaped openings for early guns to keep up with changing weapons like trebuchets that could fling large stones, and catapults that used ropes and beams to hurl rocks.

    Авторское право:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Скачайте в формате DOC, PDF, TXT или читайте онлайн в Scribd
    Отметить как неприемлемый контент
    из 1

    Castle Defences

    Castles were built for rich men – lords or kings


    – and their family to live in. Castles protected
    them against enemies and kept them all,
    including horses and valuables, safe.

    Were castles built for attack?

    Holes in the walls, loopholes, allowed


    archers to be protected, whilst
    attacking.
    Loophole
    Machicolations were parts of the castle
    that jutted out. They had holes on the
    floor to drop stones or pour boiling oil on
    enemies.
    In the 1300s keyhole-shaped holes
    appeared in the sides of castles. This
    was after the invention of guns! Machicolations

    What was a moat?


    What weapons were used to attack
    castles? A moat was a wide, deep ditch full of water
    surrounding the castle.
    Traction trebuchet – This was It was dug to keep out enemies, as people
    operated by a team of men. They could only enter over the drawbridge and
    pulled down on one end of a beam, through the portcullis. Moats also stopped
    causing the other end to fly up. This enemies from tunnelling under the castle
    flung a large stone towards the castle. as any tunnels would fill with water.

    Catapult – Twisted ropes were used to


    bend a large beam. When the ropes
    were released, the beam flew
    DID YOU KNOW?
    upwards, sending heavy rocks towards Some castles were built on the sides
    the castle. of cliffs. This was so that the lord
    could protect his land from enemies
    coming from across the sea.

    Вам также может понравиться