The ring of chisels against stone and axes sinking into timber resounds ... long effort to construct a medieval castle from the ground up, with nothing but the tools, materials, and methods ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the ...

It’s been 26 years since a small group of people began building Guédelon Castle in central France, using only historically accurate medieval tools and ... were five years into construction ...

The ­Chateau de Guedelon was started in 1998, after local landowner Michel Guyot wondered whether it would be possible to build a castle from scratch, using only contemporary tools and materials.

PETER GINN: Castles dominated the landscape of the medieval age and ... 17 years into a 25 year project, to build a castle from scratch.Using the tools, techniques and materials of the 13th ...

This meant that, even if the enemy managed to break through ... more common for medieval armies to blockade or encircle a castle with the aim of exhausting the defenders into submission via ...