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posted 05-26-2005 07:50 PM
By the 16th century castles, in the traditional sense, were no longer being built. Although sometimes called castles,what was being built in their place were really fortresses, and older conventional castles where being modernised to be more comfortable residences with alterations such as larger windows. The castles at Deal and Upnor in Kent were built for only military purposes while some of the "castles" that the Tudors erected would not pose much of an obstacle to a persistant burglar. The age of castles as Royal or Baronial centres of administration was over. |