The classic motte and bailey castle – originally built by Judhael of Totnes shortly after the Norman Conquest – is one of 21 English Heritage sites around the country which could be closed in ...

We trace the origins of the castle in the feudal system that emerged in France c.900 CE, and look at the early motte-and-bailey castle, used by the Normans to subjugate England and Wales in the ...

Duffus Castle in Moray is an example of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland. The first style of castle was called a motte and bailey. Duffus Castle in Moray is an example of a motte and bailey ...

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 ...