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Topic: Time it took to build a castle.
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Castle Girl
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posted 01-20-99 01:03 PM
  
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.
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Philip Davis
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posted 02-21-99 06:00 AM
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 £20,000 (only several million dollers in current prices but a huge part of the GNP of England).
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