Square Keep Castles Flashcards
What are the advantages of the Square keep castles?
Narrow stone stairs (so the soldiers can’t barge in)
They don’t catch fire
Are the square keep castles better or worse than the Motte and Bailey castle?
Better
What are the disadvantages of the Square Keep Castles?
Corners are weak
More expensive
Takes longer to build
What room is being described?
Food, arms and ammunition were stored in here. Prisoners were kept here too.
Cellars
What room is being described?
This was used for very basic cooking. Most keeps had bigger kitchens in the Bailey.
Kitchen
Which room is being described? The largest and most important room in the keep. It was used by everyone for eating and meeting together.
Great hall
Which room is being described?
These were above each other, and had a central drain which opened on the outside of the keep. The drains were kept small, so that attackers couldn’t get in that way.
Toilets
Which room is being described?
The place for women and children to sleep?
Dormitory
Which room is being described?
The only room where The Lord and his family could be private. If someone was ill, or having a baby, then The Lord would lend them this room for some privacy.
Lords room
Which room is being described?
This protected the entrance to the castle?
Fore building
Which room is being described?
Used for daily prayer
Chapel
Which room is being described?
This room was used by off duty guards.
Guards room
Which room is being described?
Keeps were deliberately built in places where there was water for a well, otherwise the defenders could easily have been starved out.
Well
