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Sap: To undermine a wall

Shell Keep: A high circular or many sided keep built on top of a motte with domestic buildings inside

Shield: Used for protection against blows during combat. Made from wood or metal and held by a strap at the rear.

Siege: The blockade of a castle or town to force the surrender of the occupants.

Siege tower: A timber tower sometimes with wheels that attackers used to reach the height of the castle

Slight: To destroy a castle and make it useless

Spingald: War engine used for throwing large arrows. Similar to a ballista.

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Tabard: A tunic having no sleeves and open at the sides that is worn over the armour and decorated to show the wearer's faction

Tenant-in-chief: A lord who has been given land by a king

Trebuchet: Siege engine used to throw large objects

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Virtual Buildings

Transport yourself back up to a thousand years and explore historical buildings as they may have appeared in the past.

Explore the bailey and wooden tower keep of a Norman motte and bailey castle

Explore all four floors of a Norman square keep similar to Dover Castle that was built in the twelfth century.

Explore a siege landscape and learn about the siege engines used to destroy a castle.

Explore a reconstruction of Stokesay Castle, a fortified manor house from the fifteenth century.

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