Medieval Information

English castles were very strongly built. Their origins date back to William the Conqueror when he built the first castles. The most remarkable one is the Tower of London which embraces might to whoever glances at the magnificently built stronghold.

Of course hundreds of British castles exist and most of them can be visited today. Unfortunately, not all as many have been subject to devastating attacks which have left them in ruins.

For more information about British castles, look at these two amazing resources:

http://www.medieval-castles.org/castles/British_castles.htm

http://medieval-castles.org/blog/index.php?cat=22

British castles were built not only to defend England against foreign invasions - but also to inspire power among the peasants who inhabited that place.

Castles in England were firstly built to prevent Viking invasions - and later on to prevent the French from invading a given part of England.

Scotland also possessed a threat against the British instability, and it wasn't until the Scottish independence when this took a very noticeable effect.

The Battle of Bannockburn ir of course a great way to see this as the Scottish stole many English castles and proclaimed them their own - winning many dicisive victories - and in the case of the Battle of Bannockburn, expanding its own power.

This all shows us what castles were really used for - to control land, show power and defend a given country. In the case of British castles, this was no exception as so many were built that England proved to be undefeatable even after the Middle Ages and even later! In times of Hitler when mighty castles were once again used as defensive posts to make military tactics beneath the castles' tunnels.