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What are the good things about the stone keep castle?

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the good things for a stone keep castles are:
hard to set fire on the stone
strong
high
(motte+bailey castle has weak wood so a srong bull could knock it down!)
the keep was taller than the walls so the defenders could see enemies!)
thats all.

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