Previous discoveries at Sheffield Castle include a “hidey-hole” left behind by a steelworker in a cellar as well as medieval tokens and newly discovered castle walls as the site “keeps revealing its ...

During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted the trebuchet to make sure its missile hit the castle wall—and destroyed it.

Attackers surrounding a castle in a siege could use different kinds of siege engines to attack the castle and ... Use this drawing of a medieval trebuchet to help you. Image caption, Can you ...

How did people attack and defend castles? Find out how people stayed safe inside a castle and how enemies attacked them. What was life like in a castle under ... was like in a Medieval castle.

16th century property was outer defence for nearby Castlemartyr Estate The castle is gently tucked ... out at the enemy when the castle was under attack. Situated on half an acre of land, the ...

The abatises were found in front of the medieval gatehouse of Sheffield Castle, a strategic point. The stakes were crudely made, meaning they may have been made in haste as an attack approached ...