1. Getting Started:

These are a good source of information with pictures and useful castle plans as well as links to actual castle sites.

• Castles Click on a key word for more details, diagrams and pictures. Clear and easy to use.
• Motte and Bailey Castle Basic information and a clear diagram
• Motte and Bailey Castles & Ringworks Good diagrams and photos for you to see clearly how they were built.
• Stone Keeps (based on Rochester castle)
• Concentric Castles
• Attacking & Defending Good images. Click on Go>>> to see more about attacking and defending.
• One of the best places to find a virtual medieval tour is at National Geographic's  Ghosts in the Castle  This is a site to enjoy. Different activities. Some easy, some hard. Follow Marcus the mouse around the castle, but as he is interactive, it may take time to load.
• Castles for Kids Fun castle sites: these pages are devoted to you and Castles!

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2. Other Castle sites

Several of the following links are taken from the  site. Click on the logo for more details.

• The Normans and Castle building. Detailed information about how castles were built and changed. Further information also available on castle features, terms and their decline.
• Castles of Britain Research link page from a larger site that allows you to investigate every element of castles. 
• Castles on the Web: Links, information, and many pictures.
• Castle Builder A US site that leads you through information and research about medieval castles. 
• Rochester Castle
• Dover castle - a selection of useful sites:

CastleXplorer - Dover Castle Straightforward simple history Dover Castle another basic history dover-castle-friends.org Little detail, but you might find this a good source of images. Excellent aerial photo of the location Dover Castle and the Great Siege of 1216 From, "Dover Castle", The History of the King's Works: The Middle Ages vol.1 (London, 1963). Very detailed but the early part links well to Henry II

• Castles of Wales A well designed and presented site.  Clear images and maps together with extensive information and links, there is much of use here. 
• Tower of London A multimedia intensive site, but some excellent and stimulating material about the world's most famous castle. (Shockwave plugin required)
• Play Destroy the Castle Destroy a castle in a well designed game. Free Shockwave plugin required.

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Take a quiz on Castles

 

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 3. Castle Life

   Use these links for clear information from the castles-of-britain site:

	Building Castles:
	Building a Castle
	Motte and Bailey Castles
	Keeps
	Concentric Castles
	Building Materials
	Decline of the Castle

 

	Life in a Castle:
	Life in a Castle
	Life in a castle (2)
	Bathing and Washing
	Privy
	Solars
	Fireplaces
	Kitchens
	Food
	Entertainment
	Medieval Women
	Medieval Jobs

 

	Attack and Defence:
	Castle Defenses
	Medieval Siege
	Undermining
	Weapons
	Castle Provisions
	Drawings

 

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