There are many examples of Norman Motte-and-Bailey castles up and down the country ... Yet, with no ruins atop the mound, the landmark is rather easy to pass on The Crescent (B4455) out to ...

Find your added subjects in My Bitesize. Find out how King David I changed Scotland by inviting Norman knights to build motte-and-bailey castles. Why did towns and burghs appear around castles?

The proposed development site is close to Toons Furnishers, the A444 roundabout, and the Norman motte and bailey castle mound that gives the village its name. South Derbyshire District Council ...

These were built to withstand sieges and protect people. The introduction of feudalism led to wooden motte-and-bailey castles. Later, stone castles with high walls became common by the thirteenth ...

A bid to create a solar farm on land in Wormegay, near King's Lynn, has been blocked by government officials due to fears it would harm the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle close by.

AMG P.O.I. A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with ... surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily ...