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motte-and-bailey

A motte that is adjacent to, or surrounded by a bailey; the open area within a medieval fortification.
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CAERNARFON CASTLE, CAERNARFON There was a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Caernarfon from the late 11th century until 1283 when King Edward I of England began replacing it with the current stone structure.
So, what's the Pontio? FEATURE ... it's the Bangor arts centre that took longer to build than the Taj Mahal and the Empire State Building
A motte-and-bailey castle was built around 1093, a mile away from the present castle, around the time of the town's founding by Norman baron Roger de Montgomery.
Castle's PS12m revival could transform town
Bronllys is a Grade II* listed six bedroom country house occupying the site of a former Norman motte-and-bailey castle. The.
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This is all that remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. Like Rhuddlan Castle it is in the care of Cadw, but, unlike the masonry fortification, it is much less easy to understand how an earthen mound might have secured the surrounding landscape.
Tall stories explain how some of our most important old sites developed; Cadw's Bill Zajac describes how earthen mounds, called mottes, once housed timber towers and can give us a strong idea what Norman settlements would have looked like
"Say you're learning about motte-and-bailey castles in history, in Minecraft you can build that castle, and the settlement around it.
Newcastle Minecraft convention proves popular with thousands of children; More than 2,000 people attended Nethermind, the North East's second-ever dedicated Minecraft convention at Northumbria University
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