Describe the original purpose (short explanation)

Question (4 marks): Describe the original purpose of the specified site when it was first constructed.

Mark scheme (AO1 + AO2):

• L1 (1–2 marks): Generalised description ("it was for defence").
• L2 (3–4 marks): Developed explanation referencing commissioner, date, and political/economic context. E.g. for Caernarfon: commissioned by Edward I from 1283 following the conquest of Gwynedd; intended as administrative caput of the new principality and seat of the Justiciar of North Wales; symbolic of imperial Roman authority (banded masonry imitating Theodosian Walls of Constantinople — Arnold Taylor, 1953).
• Award full marks only where purpose is linked to named context and specific physical evidence.