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Life as a stonemason:

As a kid, the boy gets home schooled by his mother.

As a teenager, the boy starts going to work with his father.

The boys father brings him to the building grounds.

 

As the teenager keeps going around with his dad, he starts to learn more about stone masonry.

When he becomes a young man he will start to venture out on his own.

If he is good enough, he will grow a good reputation building castles and churches. He might even become a master mason one day.

 

 

List of the parts of a castle (Info found in the book Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer):

  • Gatehouse
  • Drawbridge
  • Moat
  • Outer wall
  • Inner wall
  • Outer bailey
  • Inner bailey
  • Barracks
  • Arrow loop
  • workshops
  • Garden
  • Drum tower
  • Stabels
  • Wall-walk
  • Rainwater cistern
  • Kitchen
  • Great hall
  • Chapel
  • Storeroom
  • Lord & Lady chambers
  • Apartments
  • Garderobe (Toilet)
  • Armory
  • Dungeon