History GCSE
Natural and artificial water defences
What Natural and artificial water defences means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Natural and artificial water defences
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Reference: OCR
Water and marshy ground that defend a castle naturally, such as the brook, together with an artificial body of water created for the castle, the mere.
Topics that use Natural and artificial water defences
- 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
- Control of routes, crossings and settlement
- County and regional identity of the site
- Drawings in local histories
- Geographical location of Kenilworth Castle
- Judging reliability and usefulness of sources
- Reading landscape features as evidence
- Site and situation of a castle
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