Wooden motte and bailey castles, providing they served their purpose and were located properly, were often rebuilt as stone structures when the Norman lords felt more secure.

Work is about to begin to restore a historic mound where a castle once stood 800 years ago. Missing stones will be replaced on the motte wall of the former Bedford Castle site, the mortar ...

Originally the dramatic motte-and-bailey castle was built to guard the river crossing and protect the border and acted as a base for soldiers for 300 years.

Capture the Castle: British Artists and the Castle from Turner to Le Brun includes famous and rarely seen works from public and private collections, including the Tate, The British Museum, and V&A ...

Councillor plans for a barn near the site of a motte and bailey mound in Mid Wales are given the go ahead. Plans to build a big barn near the site of an ancient castle overlooking the River Severn ...

Dover Castle probably originated as a motte-and bailey-castle, a more primitive type of fortification, that was built after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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Wooden motte and bailey castles, providing they served their purpose and were located properly, were often rebuilt as stone structures when the Norman lords felt more secure.