External defences allowed the residents to defend themselves without physically leaving the castle to fight. Weapons such as trebuchets, catapults, ballista’s and mangonels. Some external defence did not actually attack or harm invaders, but just inconvenienced them. Some defence like this were moats, walls, portcullis and drawbridge. “taras towers “was located on the top of a mountain so if we saw anyone approaching, they will be fired on from the weapons on the roofs preventing them from reaching the castle. The castle had a large moat surrounding the whole castle so the castle required a drawbridge. Behind the drawbridge “taras towers” has a portcullis. The entrance tower in front of the castle has murder holes so sand, water, human waste
