Studying the Kenilworth Castle
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Studying the Kenilworth Castle
"The castle today is a ruin, it is therefore of very little use to any
historian studying castles."
After having visited Kenilworth castle and through my general readings
and investigative studies I do not agree with the hypothesis above and
I will attempt to argue against this statement. Although the castle is
a ruin there is a great deal of structural evidence which historians
find relevant in determining the usefulness of castles and how they
were used before they became a ruin. Therefore, throughout my project
I'm going to explain why I don't agree with this hypothesis.
In this section, I will be analysing the different buildings within
the castle explaining what is left of the building, what is missing
from the building and what the building was used for during the
medieval period.
The Keep at Kenilworth Castle was the main means of defence. It is
known as the Norman keep as it was the Normans who built it. The keep
contained three large floors with the top floor being a fighting
gallery, which is the area that has a lot of arrow slits. The top
floor was used as the fighting gallery as you could see for miles
around and you could spot your enemy early. The keep is large and
oblong in shape and is made out of stone. At Kenilworth you can still
see the basic structure of the building. All around the keep the
thickness of the walls is impressive this was another feature of its
impeccable defence. The keep rises from a plinth and slopes around the
back to a considerable height this was to make it difficult to attack.
When at the castle I realised that there were several things missing
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... if you was drawing a picture from birds eye view.
5. Guess work- Finally a certain amount of guess work goes into an
interpretation of a site. Ivan Lapper used trees and grass to fill
out his images to make them look more convincing, these fill out
the image and makes the image look less plain.
When concluding Ivan Lappers work I feel that it was extremely
reliable and his interpretation is probably true of the times. The
present castle in it's state would have been a great help to Ivan when
he was creating his images, ruins can give us a good indication of how
things were like in the past as you could get a feel of how a big a
room is, you can get an obvious view of the layout and where things
were and you could probably even make out how well built the buildings
were and what they were made out of.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the castle is a ruin and therefore of very little use to anyone.
- Explains that the norman keep was built by normans.
- Explains that from the staircase you get a high level view of the great hall and going to the great hall.
- Opines that the castle is a ruin and therefore of very little use to anyone.
- Explains that the norman keep was built by normans.
- Explains that from the staircase you get a high level view of the great hall and going to the great hall.
- Opines that the ground floor would have been on the east and west sides of the building.
- Narrates how they could get a feel of the building from the top.
- Opines that even though the site was a ruin from their visit, they managed to get an rough rough.
- Describes the castle he drew in 1986 to see if it is a fair interpretation.
- Concludes that the castle at this stage wasn't really a castle.
- Describes the things that were like in the past.
- Opines that the top sections of the walls are no longer present. the keep is no where near the building.
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- Opines that a good central body ensures planning projects run smoothly, provided that the community is managed thoroughly.
- Opines that enough funding is crucial so that the project will not be at risk of coming to a stop.
- Opines that regeneration policies should be well aware of the main aims and objectives of a project and be prepared for any shortcomings.
- Explains that community engagement with the working groups is crucial if the project is community-oriented, since they can make a huge difference to planning process.
- Opines that partnerships with local, private, or public stakeholders will maximise the effectiveness and productivity of the planning programme.
- Explains mitchell a. and kirkup m. (2003), "retail development and urban regeneration: a case study of castle vale".
- Cites mornement, a., castle vale housing action trust, no longer notorious: the revival of 1993-2005.
- Presents kennedy a.'s castle vale housing action trust: lessons in regenerating communities lecture, university of birmingham.
- Evaluates the development and contribution of castle vale community regeneration services (cvcrs) in the international journal of sociology and social policy.
- Explains that partnership between hat, strategic board, operational board and cvcha ensures long-term triumph of the regeneration project in which these bodies continued to work even after 2005.
- Analyzes how kennedy (2014) stated that fear of crimes was pervasive in the vale, enough to make them stay in their houses during nighttime.
- Explains that these bodies had made sure the project would not be put into halt if avoidable issues were to arise by constantly supplying necessary resources in the vale.
- Argues that castle vale represents an ideal case study for furthering the scope of urban regeneration policies set out in birmingham or beyond.
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