The UK's ancient seaside town that's surrounded by medieval walls and crystal-clear waters
The walls are assessed as one of the most important surviving medieval city walls in Britain. They were built in the 13th ...
'I'd donate money to preserve city's ancient walls'
David Duncalfe and Ruth Milne came from Robin Hood's Bay and Sowerby for a day out in York. Although the pair have been to ...
China’s other great wall is impressive, too—and steeped in history
The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Life in a Castle
If you look at a medieval castle, you can very often see little stone extensions built out from the walls. The waste matter fell into the moat below. Even some several hundred years after they ...
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Destroy the Castle
During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted the trebuchet to make sure its missile hit the castle wall—and destroyed it.