Jim’s father helped with the advancement of the land and building the small stone cottage, that is, until locals put it in ...

And templates for the complex geometry involved in cutting stone accurately are all ... out and put into practice. Above all, building a medieval castle requires the skill and co-operation of ...

This is Epic History's 3D guide to building the perfect ... We then look at how castle's became stronger and more sophisticated, with the addition of stone curtain walls, massive keeps, towers ...

Thousands of tons of earth and stone were needed to build a castle, so it was essential these materials were nearby.Like many castles of the time, Guédelon is being built in a quarry. PETER GINN ...

My introduction to building a stone wall, like beginnings in so many homesteading skills, came unexpectedly, urgently, and at the wrong time. It was a rare clear morning during a rainy spring in ...

Experts say the finding sheds light on the details of how castle-building methods developed during the rule of Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified war-torn Japan. The stone wall, which is 1.8 ...

There are five elements you can adjust in your trebuchet: stone ball weight sling length counterweight design distance from the castle whether to add wheels Build it right, and you will crush the ...

A 400-year-old stone wall once part of Edo Castle, discovered only last year at what is now the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, is likely the castle’s oldest existing remnant ever unearthed ...