Medieval history - Castles Crossword

1) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water that often surrounded a castle.
2) Allowed access into castle and a heavy metal portcullis protected it
3) gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town
4) a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation usually positioned to provide a clear field of view and fire.
5) Low walls built on top of castle walls with open spaces for shooting
6) people who worked the land or served the nobles
7) People of high birth, such as dukes and earls. They were the people who lived in the castles
8) a small building or place set aside for prayer and worship which was positioned within the castle walls.
9) Buildings set aside for food preparation and placed within the walls near the keep.
10) holes hidden above a castle's doors through which boiling hot liquids could be dumped, or rocks hurled down on invaders
11) low places in battlements through which you can look and shoot when you fight
12) A solid portion between two crenels in a battlement
13) Castle walls were always very thick to withstand bombardment.