Designing a Medieval CastleYour castle must include all 5 elements from Part A.Your castle must include at least 5 elements from Part B.

Basic "Anatomy" of a Castle

Part A*Crenellation / Battlements

(on top of castle wall)

*Wall Walk (sidewalk on top of castle wall)

*Tower(cylindrical

or cubical)*Ashlar*Great Hall 

(main building)

Part B

*Kitchen (another building)

*Armory(another building)

*Dungeon(usually underground)

*Ouibuliette(underground dungeon

accessible through a

hole)

*Solar(2nd story of

Great Hall)

*Finial (thin piece of

stone/wood at the

top of a tower)

*Moat(a deep ditch or a body

of water around a

castle)

*Portcullis(a grid gate behind

the main gate)

*Murder Holes(holes in the top of

gate for dropping

objects on people)

*Arrow Slit(a thin window for

archers)

*Postern Gate(backdoor / escape

route for castle)

*Barbican(stone protection for

gate; like a

gatehouse)

*Drawbridge(a door / bridge over

the moat)

Amy Zschaber www.artfulartsyamy.com