| A | B |
|---|
| Square keep | A strong, stone building that would be the centre of a castle |
| Barbican | A Stone gatehouse used to protect the main entrance |
| Round towers | They strengthened the walls and gave archers useful places to shoot from |
| Curtain wall | Surrounds the castle and has a walkway for the soldiers to patrol |
| Guard-house | Could be attatched the the castle's keep or left on its own. Some soldiers lived here. |
| Murder holes | Holes in the curtain wall that allowed soldiers to pou boiling oil on enemies |
| Stables | A place for knights to keep their horses |
| Moat | Water around a castle that made it harder for enemies to get to you |
| Drawbridge | Could be raised when the castle is attacked, making it hard for enemies to get to you |
| Portcullis | Strong iron gates to stop an enemy long enough for archers to shoot them |
| Shutters | Put over gaps in the wall to stop the enemy shooting arrows through them |
| Well | Can be useful if the enemy tried to starve you out of the castle |
| Dungeon | Imprisons people and stores food |
| Armoury | Where weapons are made and stored |
| Garderobe | Medieval toilets |
| Hastings | After this battle, many castles were built |
| Wood and Earth | What early castles were built of |
| Keep | The tower on top of the mound |
| Motte | A mound or hill on an early castle |
| Palisade | The wooden fence on an early castle |
| Bailey | The village on an early castle |
| Portcullis | A strong metal gate |
| Arrow loops | The holes in the walls which allowed defenders to shoot without getting hit |
| Tower of London | The Square Keep castle where many royal prisoners were kept |
| Edward I | The King that built concentric castles in Wales |
| Roger of Montgomery | He ordered Arundel Castle to be built |
