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There were definitely castles which were built to withstand sieges. Like Krak des Chevaliers and other crusader castles. Of course it was preferred if seiges co

by jeltz 5y ago

There were definitely castles which were built to withstand sieges. Like Krak des Chevaliers and other crusader castles. Of course it was preferred if seiges could be avoided but I do not think your pedantry about fortress vs castle matters much since there were many types of both.

Bobylonian 5y ago
On the contrary, I am quite aware of those, but op is not. Krak des Chevaliers might not really fit the profile of castles in clasical meaning, but belong to a very specific niche of fortifications of military monastic orders in Middle East. As for castles in UK - these aparently are representative castles and not really only fortifications. Even the smallests castles in UK were mainly used for something that was manor estate of a local royal family.