From wooden motte-and-baileys to stone giants bristling with defenses, this 3D journey shows how medieval castles evolved over 400 years of war and power. Comedians react to Trump’s nickname for ...

A wooden drawbridge provided access across the moat. The stone castles that we recognize ... took special care to reinforce the defenses of a castle’s entryway. Castle gates would be made ...

They used the country’s natural defenses to boost their security ... The introduction of feudalism led to wooden ...

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND—Archaeologists recovered four wooden stakes ... as the castle succumbed to Parliamentarian forces after a 10-day siege in 1644. The castle’s defenses were subsequently ...

Since 2019, Shirobito, a Japanese online media platform specialising in castles, compiles an annual list of Japan’s top 20 ...

moats were defenses rather than water features and designs were adapted to fit the changing rules of war or the domestic needs of castle residents. “Stone Age” is Chaubin’s second book ...

A large stone ... castle, and is 1ft (29cm) wide and weighs 4.5 stone (28.5kg). The ball was found 1.3ft (40cm) deep in the east wing of the site. It is thought it was launched from a large wooden ...