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Re: Official KK and HP 2004 pictures
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:45:33 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Aaron West wrote:
> That is a true point, castle stone is not something anybody in antiquity
> imported very much of. The labor and time needed to build from foreign stone
> would have made a military fortification moot. Often if it was a border
> dispute, they'd just use wood to save time and cash on hand. After the area
> was more stabilized, then they could move the stone from local quarries. By
> local, that means native stone, cut by peasants or labor of some kind.
Two other points to consider are that if you're building fortresses to defend
your borders from neighboring countries...who exactly are you going to import
stone from? Also, if you're trying to build something quickly with stone, you
can sacrifice long-term durability to reduce the time it takes to pull the stone
from a quarry. Sandstone and limestone are two materials that are easy to work,
but they deteriorate over time. Of course, when you're building a
fortification, you're not as concerned about how well the walls will survive the
next 400 years as you are about how well the country will survive the next 400
days.
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| (...) Yes, if it is for a unstable border, the walls would not be so much to keep the enemy out as to slow them down as they try to wipe your force out of the territory. Most of these in England that were built after 1066 had the purpose of housing (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) That is a true point, castle stone is not something anybody in antiquity imported very much of. The labor and time needed to build from foreign stone would have made a military fortification moot. Often if it was a border dispute, they'd just (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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