Mountfitchet Castle

Last week we went to visit Mountfitchet Castle. We learnt about life in the castle, what they would have eaten, what weapons they would have used in battle and what they would have done to punish people if they broke the law! We had a fantastic time!

 Here is the front of the castle. If you look closely you can see someone has had their head put on a spike for breaking the law!

We even put Miss Groves in stocks!

An archer would practise every day for several hours at the Castle! 

People were put in stocks to show the rest of the village that they had broken the law. People would throw rotten food at them!

We spent some time in jail while we were there!

We did a spot of jousting at the castle! Jousting was done on horses and was very popular entertainment!

We will have lots of our work on Castles out during Open Afternoon!