Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

RRumpleTeazzer t1_ixr4xdy wrote

Reply to comment by Upset-Photo in ELI5: How are archers “efficient” in combat? by Environmental_Point3

What’s a multibillion dollar medieval castle?

1

clocks212 t1_ixrq823 wrote

Yeah adjusted for inflation the cost is more in the low tens of millions.

3

[deleted] t1_ixsabyv wrote

Not really.

When Hervy II build up Dover castle to basically it's current state (of course minus the gun batteries added centuries later) the cost was ~6500 pounds - with total yearly income being ~10000.

Total tax intake in GB today is ~720 billion pounds - so a fortification equally expensive (65% of yearly tax income) wouldn't merely be "multi-billion" but much more.

1