Outside

Since a castle had to be secure from attackers and hard to invade, walls could be 12 to 24 feet thick with the inner walls higher than the outer set of walls. These walls were made up of stones on the outside with inner spaces filled with rubble, or smaller stones and pebbles.

The windows on a castle were different sizes depending on how high they were from the ground. The lower the window, the smaller it would be so that enemies were unable to climb or shoot arrows into the castle.

Castles often had towers that were 40 - 60 feet high. The castle itself was whitewashed or painted so that it would look like it was carved out of one giant piece of stone. Different areas of the castle included Barracks, the Great Hall, and Apartments. An outside courtyard held many stores and workshops.