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Build Your Own Castle – Defensive Perimeter

Key Information

Defensive Perimeter

Learning Point

  1. The walls of a castle needed to be high enough to prevent invaders getting inside. They were designed to be difficult to scale (climb) and often feature crenelations, arrow loops and machicolations.

Project

  1. Construct the walls to full height
  2. Construct each of your towers to its full height
  3. Add the crenelations to the tops of the walls and towers
  • Overview

Materials used:
Stone bricks (of your choice)
Stone brick slabs (of your choice)
Stone brick stairs (of your choice)

Fun Facts

  1. Construct the walls to full height
  2. Construct each of your towers to its full height
  3. Add the crenellations to the tops of the walls and towers

Past Lessons

50 August 31, 2026 (North America)
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