Sebastian Castles

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Castles By Sebastian and Owen and Justyn 1

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Contents How many castles are there now? 4 How do they build castles? 5 Who else lives in the castles other than the queen, or the king or the knights? 13 What are the rooms like in castles? 10 Where were the castles built? 3 What is the castle made of? 9 What are the rooms like in the castles ? 6 What are the toilets like in castles? 11 Why are some castles in the ruins now? 12 2 Why do they need the bridge? 7 Are castles made of bricks? 8

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Where were the castles built? By Owen The Castles were built in lots of countries like England, Italy, France, Israel, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, Japan, Wales, Holland and India. Castles were built on tops of cliffs and hills and by rivers so they were easier to defend and see their enemies coming. 3

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How many castles are there now? By Justyn There are more than 24,000 castles all around the world. 4

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How do they build castles? By Justyn Castles were build by a king. He got hundreds of his slaves to chip out huge stone blocks and make them into strong walls. It could take 3000 men and a long time to build a castle. 5

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What rooms are in a castle? By Owen There are lots of rooms in a castle. The Chapel is like a church. In the kitchens there is a big fire to cook on. Dungeons are to keep bad people in. The great hall is the biggest room in the castle. It is where they have a feast and play games and dances. 6

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Why do they need the bridge? By Justyn How does the bridge work? A castle needs the draw bridge to protect the people in the castle. The enemy can’t get in when they put the bridge down. The draw bridge has a wooden platform with chains to raise and lower it. 7 Justin interviewing Mr Pepperell about drawbridges.

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Are castles made of bricks? By Owen Sometimes castles are made of bricks they can be made of wood, stone, sand, ice, and snow. 8

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What are castles made of? By Sebastian Castles are made of chipped stones and they were rectangle shapes. They were overlapping so castles were very strong. 9

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What are the rooms like in the castles? By Sebastian The castle’s rooms were dark and cold because they had small narrow windows. The windows were narrow on the outside because it protected the knights from arrows coming from enemies who were attacking from the outside. On the inside the windows were wide because the knights could move around to take aim. They used candles to light the place up. Castles were chilly so they had huge fires to warm them up. By Justyn 10

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What are the toilets like in castles? By Sebastian The waste from the toilets which were called garterobes dropped down the wall into a special pit. The gong farmer collected the poos and spread them on their paddocks. 11

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Why are some castles in the ruins now? By Sebastian 12 Some castles are in ruins now because they were attacked long ago and people weren’t to fix them up. Then the wind and rain hit them and made them into the ruins.

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13 Interview with Mr Pepperell

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Who else lives in the castles other than the queen, or the king or the knights? By Justyn Jester- clown Minstrel-music band Brewer-makes beer Prisoner-live in the dungeons Armourer-fix the weapons Treasurer-looks after treasure trencher man-serves the food Pantler-takes care of food Gong farmer- puts the poos on the paddocks Blacksmith- makes the shoes for the horses. 14

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References Murrell, D Knights and Castles Eastwood, K Living Castles Steele, P The World of Castle Langley, A A Medieval Life Adams, S Castles and Forts Interview with Mr Pepperell 15

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16 Index