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jamwan55 | 15:40 Mon 09th Oct 2006 | History
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a good explanation of what a castle keep is (homework)
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Avatar Image Octavius
Have you tried looking in a dictionary?
15:54 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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lots of help here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep
16:54 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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... some keep's are haunted ....
22:09 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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I believe the keep was the round circle of logs on the top of a hill for defense. It later evolved into a stone tower, then walls were added to make a castle. The movie "The Warlord" shows a good example.
17:56 Tue 10th Oct 2006
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Yeah the type used over here were brought over by the Normans and were originally called Motte and Bailey's (although at least 3 are beleived to be before the Normans in Britain. All info here...

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlesa.htm
18:50 Tue 10th Oct 2006
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Here is another good resource for the parts of a medieval castle (including the keep): https://www.castlesworld.com/tools/about.php
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