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Warwick Castle
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We visited Warwick Castle on the 3rd October 2009. Weather was changing constantly, one minute over cast, the next clear blue sky (hence the colour variations). Warwick Castle is one of the most famous and daunting castles in the World. Warwick Castle has a chequered history which moves from its construction as a Wooden Mote and Bailey castle by William the Conqueror to a massive stone fortress. Surviving siege warfare to the Age of Medieval Knights and Chivalry and the English Civil War. The name Warwick means 'dwellings by the weir' - a weir was a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish. The Warwick wooden Mote and Bailey Castle was defended by the River Avon on the South side and by wide and deep ditches on all other sides. An important feature of Warwick Castle is its access to the River Avon. During the construction of Warwick Castle men, equipment and building materials were easily transported by boats to the site of the castle. Once Warwick Castle had been built, fresh supplies, provisions and reinforcements prevented the castle occupants from being starved into submission during siege warfare. William the Conqueror used enforced Anglo-Saxon labour for work on the construction of Warwick Castle. The wooden castle was replaced by a fortified stone castle in 1260. The two main round towers were built at the front of the castle and the Chapel and large hall were built against the south wall. Various additions were made to Warwick Castle as time passed - Guys Tower and Caesar's Tower were added at the end of the fourteenth Century. Some more castles on this site you may find of interest:
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