Tools Used In Building A Castle

I have received many requests for information regarding tools and equipment used in building a castle. Many tools went into the building of a castle. Here is a list of some of the common tools used.


Auger - used for drilling holes in wood

Axe - used for cutting down small trees or cutting firewood

Adz - heavy, curved tool used for dressing timbers

Awl - used for peircing small holes

Basket - used to hold stone while it was hoisted at a building site

Billhook - used for pruning

Braces - used for holding, or bracing items in place

Cloth Shears - used for cutting cloth

Crowbar - used for moving heavy stones at a quarry and placing stones in their final resting places

Hammer - used to move stone and drive wood pegs

Handsaw - used to make small wood cuts and other woodworking detail

Mallet - used with a chisel to carve wood or stone

Mason Chisel - used to carve decorative designs into the stones, and for cutting and dressing stone

Nippers - used to cut through wire

Pitch Fork - used to move bundles of hay

Pulleys - used to move large blocks of stone and heavy timbers

Ramps - used for moving heavy items

Sharp Blades - used to cut through leather

Shears - used for cutting fleece from sheep

Shovels - used for digging

Spades - used for cutting and digging

Sickle - used for cutting crops

Snips - used for cutting sheets of metal

Trowel - used for laying and smoothing mixed mortar on stone or brick

Tongs - used for holding metal while being hammered

Wood Chisel - used for shaping and cutting designs into the wood, or splitting wood