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Camelot a site designed by four second graders at Middlefolk School in Northfield, IL allows you to tour King Arthur's world.
Use Castle Terminology and Glossary of Castle Terms find the names to the parts of a Medieval Castle. (Word list : Classroom Connect April 1999.)
Find out what part of the castle each word describes, what the purpose of that feature was, and what it looked like.
| 1. allure | 8. buttery | 15. dungeon | 23. moat |
| 2. arch | 9. buttress | 16. gallery | 24. murder holes |
| 3. arcade | 10. crenellation | 17.garderobe | 25. parapet |
| 4. aumbry | 11. curtain wall | 18. gate house | 26. parados |
| 5. bailey | 12. donjon | 19. great chamber | 27. portcullis |
| 6. barbican | 13. drawbridge | 20. keep | 28. rampart |
| 7. battlement | 14. drum tower | 21. loophole | 29. turret |
| 22. machicolating | 30. wicket |
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Castle Builder! Try your hand at castle building by completing this web quest |
Castles on the Web tour castles and see what it might have been like to call one of these structures your home.
Castle Siege craft and De fense defend yourself while living in the castle.
Ian's Land of Castles a student project about castles.
Life in a Medieval Castle describes the life of those who lived in a medieval castle and other things that happened or took place in the medieval times. What was a typical day like living in a castle?
Medieval England Timeline Find out what happened and when it occurred during this period of history.
How a Boy Becomes a Knight What is a knight and how does a boy become one of these heroes? What was the life of a knight like on a day to day basis?
Medieval Life Is a diagram showing medieval life.
Famous People of the Middle Ages Tells about famous people in the Medieval Time and the Middle Ages.
How to Make an Authentic Medieval Coat of Arms Tells you how to make a medieval coat of arms so that it reflected your background and family history.
Reviewed, 2002J. Beyersdorfer