Castle Quest - Reply to Topic

Forum:	Castles In General & Medieval History
Topic:	Time it took to build a castle.

Want to register?

Who Can Post?	Any registered users may post a reply.
About Registration	You must be registered in order to post a topic or reply in this forum.
Posting Tips:	You will receive a much better response to your questions if you include your age and as much detail as possible. Both of these things allows a person to give you an answer specific to your question and age group.
Your UserName:
Your Password:	Forget your password?
Message Icon:
Your Reply: HTML is OFF UBB Code is ON [IMG] UBB Code Not Allowed!
Options	Show Signature: include your profile signature. Only registered users may have signatures.

If you have previously registered, but forgotten your password, click here.

*If HTML and/or UBB Code are enabled, this means you can use HTML and/or UBB Code in your message.

T O P I C R E V I E W
Castle Girl I need to know how long it took to build a castle, who did the construction, how they determined a place to put it and who designed them.If you can tell me any of these it would help.
Philip Davis Their is no simple answer to you questions. Castles varied in size,function and period. All these factors affect construction time, method and personel. For instance, a small motte and bailey castle of the 11th century, such as the initial castle at Peversney, built of earth and wood, could have been erected in a couple of months, using pressed peasant labour under the direction of the local lord (not a specialist architect). A 13th century Edwardian castle in Wales such as Conwy, built of stone would have taken years (Conwy in the short time of 4 years others took longer and many were never finished), would have been built by specialist paided masons and workers (over 1500 in the case of Conwy) under the supervision of a specialist architect (Master James of St George) at a cost of Ł20,000 (only several million dollers in current prices but a huge part of the GNP of England).