How was the castle built?

   Building a medieval castle was complicating considering that they didn't have all the construction tools we have to day. Originally the castle was made of wood until the architechs decided that stone was more powerful than wood is. When they planed the castle blueprints, the architechs had to consider all the surroundings and think carefully on how to build the castle. Some castles were tall others were long. There were many types of castles during the medieval times. But a lot of the castles had an outer wall or a wall with stations to defend the inside of the castle. If I had a castle all to myself, I would want to have a tall castle so I could have a good view all around.

   To build a castle an army of workers, laborers, craftsmen, artisans, blacksmiths, and masons were needed to get the job done. Masons had to be hired and laborers had to be organized to get a castle to look good. Also time and money were big factors on building a castle. Just a single castle could take 10 to 20 years and could cost millions of dollars in U.S. money today. Seems to me like these castles had to be really nice since they took so long to build and cost so much money.