... you were in it especially if u were carrying lots of armour. If it was raining it would have made the ditch all muddy and slippery, making it almost impossible to get out of. The curtain wall was a high wall surround the castle and the ground that it was in. this was a good defensive feature because it was hard to get in to the castles grounds through it as it was so high. If the inner wall was pulled down then the attackers would have had to tackle the doors and windows. As these were the only ways into the castle they were heavily guarded. The door was on the first floor of the castle. To get up to it you had to climb up some steps. These had a sharp turn in them near the top of the steps so if you wanted to use a battering ram ...

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