During the medieval times, the first castles were made out of wood or mud. Since would burns and starts fires, humans switch to building hem out of stone in 1100 ce Castles were often surrounded by moat. Moat. Mostly, castles would be built on a hill because people wanted castles to be built on the highest point. When a person was at the top of the castle, they sometimes would throw anything down on the person who is trying to attack the castle. Castles have a drawbridge which was a little bridge that was built over the moat. Peasants did not live in Middle Age castles, but when something happened they would stay in them.
There was only few castles in the Middle Ages, but then there became more later in time. The owner of castles were nobles or lords. The castles also had dungeons. They hold prisoners and other people that have to face punishments. In castles they also had murder holes. In castles there were lots of room for murder holes, dungeons, gatehouses, and much more.