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Forum:	Model Making
Topic:	Building a keep?

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papatoad I'm stuck on the keep/drawbride.Is the keep inside of drawbridge or vice versa?
AJR Normally the keep is inside of the drawbridge.
Andrew
Erik Schmidt Drawbridges were situated at gates, usually assocaited with a gatetower inside which the mechanism for raising the drawbridge would be hidden and from which the gate could be protected.
In castles with double walls or dividing walls there could be two drawbridges.
The keep was often the last refuge and usually situated within the strongest part of the castle, often on the highest point. One would have to pass all the gates/drawbridges to get to it(unless going through or over the walls). The keep sometimes had a small drawbridge of its own to prevent access to the entrance door.
Erik
Merlin But: There are many middle-european castles, esp. those which are placed at the side of a mountain, that have the keep or the strongest tower just beside the drawbridge. The entrance to a castle was always one of the weakest points in its defences. The drawbridge was in almost every case directed to the mountain, which often was also the only side were an attacker could be succesfull. Therefore, the building with the thickest walls was often also placed there (of course always 'inside' the drawbride).
JohnDoe13 A keep is the dungeon of a castle!!!!!
P.S. IT DOSN'T HAVE A DRAWBRIDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!