It is a Norman-era motte-and-bailey castle, built about 800 years ago. Since the National Trust obtained the land three years ago, this is the first chance it has had to clear the site of the ...

900 CE, and look at the early motte-and-bailey castle, used by the Normans to subjugate ... with the addition of stone curtain walls, massive keeps, towers (square, round and D-shaped), as well ...

The introduction of feudalism led to wooden motte-and-bailey castles. Later, stone castles with high walls became common by the thirteenth century. European influences shaped Scottish castle ...

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.

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 ...

English Heritage has confirmed that Totnes Castle - one of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and bailey castle in England - could close during the winter months as part of major ...

An 18th-century Grade II listed castle with a circular motte-and-bailey design ... in 1789 by acclaimed architect Robert Adam using stone from Seton Palace, once home to Mary Queen of Scots.

If approved by South Derbyshire District Council the estate would sit close to Toons Furnishers, the A444 roundabout, the railway line and the ancient motte and bailey castle mound that gives the ...