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This digital elevation model shows the motte just left of centre, with the bailey to the right (north-east) of it. [1] A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
The rural motte-and-bailey castles followed the traditional design, but the urban castles often lacked the traditional baileys, using parts of the town to fulfil this role instead. [73] Motte-and-bailey castles in Flanders were particularly numerous in the south along the Lower Rhine, a fiercely contested border. [74]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... List of motte-and-bailey castles; Motte-and-bailey castle; A. Château d'Albon; Allesley ...
This is a list of castles from around the world. By country Africa ... List of motte-and-bailey castles; List of Ismaili castles;
A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, a medieval type of European castle is known as a motte-and-bailey. Castles and fortifications may have more than one bailey, and the enclosure wall building material may have been at first in wood, and later transitioned to stone ...
Motte-and-bailey castles were a primitive type of castle built after the Norman invasion, a mound of earth topped by a wooden palisade and tower. [4] The motte and bailey castle was built on a mound of earth c. 68m in diameter at the base and 10m in height, allowing the tower on top to have a commanding view for miles, including a clear line of ...
At 6.6 m high it is the largest motte and bailey the Brecon Beacons National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog). The motte is 50 m by 38 m, with a flat summit of 24 m by 16 m, and the bailey (to the south west side of the motte) is 56 m by 40 m. The original footprint of the bailey platform was 115 m long by 45 m wide.
Oostende Castle is a castle in Goes, the Netherlands. The current castle was part of a motte-and-bailey castle. Its grounds formed the outer bailey. The motte was directly south of it, now under the Maria Magdalena Church. [1] The castle consists of a 14th-century tower house built on top of a ring wall that was surrounded by a moat.