Parts of A Castle

Question 1

A bridge that can be moved in order to stop or allow people to cross it

Answer 1

Drawbridge

Question 2

A ditch around the castle with no water in it.

Answer 2

Dry Moat

Question 3

A moat is a ring of water around a castle or town to keep intruders out.

Answer 3

Moat

Question 4

Narrow vertical slits in a castle which knights shot arrows out of.

Answer 4

Arrowslit

Question 5

A strong building built over the entrance to a city or castle.

Answer 5

Castle Gatehouse

Question 6

A small structure (such as a turret) jutting out of a building and providing defense or lookout.

Answer 6

Bartizan

Question 7

A barrier at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for knights to shoot through.

Answer 7

Battlements

Question 8

A raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement

Answer 8

Chemin de Ronde

Question 9

Tall, thick curtain walls surrounded the castle buildings like a strong shield.

Answer 9

Curtain Wall

Question 10

Is typically a fence or defensive wall made from iron or wooden stakes, or tree trunks, and used as a defensive structure or cage.

Answer 10

Palisade Wall

Question 11

Openings in the ceiling just in front of a gate or in the passage beyond. It was believed that that the defenders would drop hot liquids on the unfortunate attacker through these openings.

Answer 11

Murder Hole

Question 12

A spiked wooden or metal barricade that helped protect the doors from fire and battering.

Answer 12

Portcullis