Motte-and-bailey
Motte-and-bailey Model of a motte-and-bailey A motte-and-bailey is a form of ...
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The Bailey
The Bailey The Bailey, or The Peninsula, is an historic area ... adjustment of the land. The name 'The Bailey' dervies from it being the 'outer bailey' of the Norman motte and bailey-style castle nearby. The ...
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Image:Brinklow castle motte.jpg
Image:Brinklow castle motte.jpg Image File history File links Metadata ... The well preserved defensive ditch surrounding the bailey, at Brinklow castle. As seen from the old motte area. Photo by G-Man March 2005 ...
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Rathfarnham
... was later marked with a cross. The Motte and Bailey To the west of this gate is ... converted into a defensive earthwork of the motte and bailey type, which were introduced by the Normans ... used to raise the top of the motte. Another cutting was made between the ...
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Mott
... in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up Motte and motte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mott or Motte can refer to: The Mott problem of quantum mechanics Motte or Mott, a term for a cluster of live oaks. Motte, a mound of earth used for ...
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Castle
... overthrown Saxons. These early castles were called 'motte & bailey', as they consisted of an earthen mound or 'motte', frequently topped with a wooden tower. An encircling protective wall (the bailey) afforded additional protection for the owner's ... This moated mound was styled in French motte (in Latin, mota), a word still ...
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Guildford Castle
... at the Castle would have been the Motte (a mound) around which was a ditch and a bailey protected by a wooden palisade. The Bailey's boundary would have run along Castle ... was built around the top of the motte and then around the 1130s a keep ... moved to better apartments located in the bailey. The great hall is thought to ...
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Medieval fortification
... complete state. Harbours Churches Monasteries Mottes, Baileys Motte-and-bailey was the prevalent form of castle during ... 11th and 12th centuries. A courtyard (called bailey) was protected by a ditch and a ... or a timber gate tower. Inside the bailey were stables, workshops, a well and a chapel. Motte was the final refuge in this ...
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Wormegay Castle
Wormegay Castle Wormegay Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork, located next to the village of ... in the English county of Norfolk. The motte is visible as a earthen mound some ... by 62 m at the base. The motte is surrounded on three sides by a ... m wide and 2 m deep. The bailey adjoins the motte and is an ...
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Pleshey
... King Stephen. Pleshey Castle was originally a motte and bailey castle, which consisted of a wooden palasade ... tower on a high man-made hill (motte) surrounded by the bailey (castle yard or ward), which at some ... Later, probably in the 12th century, the motte was fortified with a castle of ...
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