Ruth, Peter and Tom discover the ways in which every aspect of construction requires the masons, blacksmiths and carpenters to co-ordinate their efforts - from making and sharpening tools, to processing wood, and securing timber scaffolding on the castle walls.
As we’ll discover, water-mills were hugely important to medieval communities. Producing flour for their bread required up to 2 hours a day of grinding by hand. But one mill could produce as much flour as around 40 people grinding grain by hand, thereby freeing up man-power by eliminating 'the daily grind'. In England, as early as 1080, there were 5,624 watermills, according to the Domesday Book.
