How were castle secured in the past?

Are you a big fan of The Game of Thrones? The Game of Thrones is perhaps the most talked about TV show in recent times and it captures the brutality of life in the medieval era, when people could be killed or tortured at the drop of a hat.

Those were a harsh time indeed. Have you wondered about the castles of the medieval era and how they were secured? Clearly, people in the medieval era, especially the landed aristocracy of that period, must have spent much of their time worrying about security. It was a matter of life and death for them.

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