History GCSE
Control of routes, crossings and settlement
What Control of routes, crossings and settlement means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Control of routes, crossings and settlement
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Reference: OCR
A castle needed control of routes such as roads, river crossings or a ford, and proximity to a settlement or manor it was meant to dominate.
Topics that use Control of routes, crossings and settlement
- Castles: Form and Function c.1000–1750 (J410/12 and J410/13) - The location of Kenilworth Castle (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Administrative and economic control of the surrounding area
- County and regional identity of the site
- Drawings in local histories
- Geographical location of Kenilworth Castle
- Judging reliability and usefulness of sources
- Natural and artificial water defences
- Reading landscape features as evidence
- Site and situation of a castle
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