In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across Europe and warfare began to change, castle designs had to adapt.

The revealed drawbridge pier has been unseen ... "The interior castle walls add to the picture of what this medieval power centre would have looked like during its heyday." Wessex Archaeology ...

A Frenchman in love with medieval architecture is building a castle -- complete with turrets, a drawbridge and stonecutters dressed in 13th-century garb -- deep in the woods of northwest Arkansas.

Attackers would have to swim or row across the moats to get to the castle. A drawbridge was a bridge which could be pulled up to stop enemies getting in. Drawbridges usually went over a ditch or a ...

Attackers would have to swim or row across the moats to get to the castle. A drawbridge was a bridge which could be pulled up to stop enemies getting in. Drawbridges usually went over a ditch or a ...