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Masons build the mock castle wall as a target. It's a replica of the top ten feet of a 13th-century castle wall. It is a good five feet wide at its thickest, constructed with an outer stone wall sandwiched with rubble and mortar. States Michael Prestwich, a British historian who is at the construction site: "This is exactly how they did it in the Middle Ages." Previous Next Medieval Arms Race | NOVA Builds a Trebuchet | Life in a Castle Destroy the Castle | Resources | Transcript Medieval Siege | Pharaoh's Obelisk | Easter Island | Roman Bath | China Bridge | Site Map Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |