How were castles made?

You have to remember castles would have had to been able to withstand attack because as almost every post states they were in fact the center of defense for a town or city. A main reason castles were constructed on a hill top was for looking out to see if invaders were coming, the strategy for water was so invaders would not attack; me personally I would put boats in the moat therefore I could attack, but that’s just me. One castle constructed in medieval times was said to have taken 400 masons, 2000 laborer, 30 smiths, and 200 carters; there wasn’t even enough room for the castle either because they then had to destroy many homes in order for the castle to fit, if my home was being destroyed I would be so angry.

  There were many tools used to construct castles probably because there was a lot of workers who worked on the large structures. Castles being built was very dependent of the weather because if it was cold and snowy usually they would call the day off for building. Walls surrounding the castle could be about 20- 45 ft tall and 7- 20 feet wide, they must have been HUGE! You could say that castles grew because they got about 8-10 feet taller every year from added construction. The most important thing about constructing a castle was having money.