All Castle Defences Explained | Features, Uses & How They Developed

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00:00 Introduction
00:43 How did castles develop?
02:00 Motte and Bailey Castle
02:34 Stone Castle
03:04 Concentric Castle
03:37 The Decline of Castles
04:16 The Development of Defensive Walls
05:57 Parts & Features of a Castle Wall
06:12 Enceinte
07:10 Ramparts
07:24 Battlements
07:36 Crenelations
08:44 Arrowslits
10:47 The Development of Arrowslits
12:16 Types of Arrowslits
13:45 Loopholes & Cannoniers
14:15 Hoardings
15:56 Machicolations
17:19 Plinth/Talus/Batter
18:35 Brattice
19:48 Bartizan
19:58 Buttresses
20:18 Bastion
20:35 Shield Wall
21:05 Wall Towers
22:50 Open Back Tower
23:22 Tower Shapes & Designs
26:12 Flanking Towers & Tower Location
27:06 Moat Use & Development
29:25 Dry Moat
29:57 Neck Ditch
30:38 Cross Ditch
30:52 Wet Moat
32:19 Gatehouse
34:39 The Approach
35:45 Drawbridge
36:43 Drawbridge Types & Designs
40:16 Gatehouse Door
41:34 Wicket Gate
42:51 Pedestrian Gate
43:43 Portcullis
45:08 Portcullis Trap
45:36 Gatehouse Passage
45:58 Murder Holes
46:49 Divine Protection
47:21 Trap Door
47:48 Later Gatehouse Developments
49:21 The Gatekeep
50:20 The Most Defensive Gatehouse
51:24 Built to Impress
52:07 Postern Gate & Sally Port
54:21 Barbicans
54:45 Barbican Types & Designs

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