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In the 1120s de Clinton built Kenilworth's famous castle, which began life as a fairly basic motte and bailey.

This area was once part of the market place, which was established between 1066 and 1072 outside the outer bailey of the castle.

St John's church stands in what was the inner bailey of Devizes's castle.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.This was replaced by the shell-keep and tower, which still

They lived in the motte and bailey Castle Stede nearby while it was being constructed.

Totternhoe Knolls is the name given to the remains of Totternhoe Castle, a motte and bailey over Saxon remains, of which only the groundworks remain.

The medieval church was badly damaged in 1637 during the collapse of part of the North Bailey.

The castle was on a hill north of the church, comprising a motte and bailey with earth and timber fortifications.

It is named after Crawshay Bailey, who leased it from 1884 and made an agreement with the Abergavenny Improvement Commissioners to 'empark' it.

The King's Gate was the entrance to the inner or lower bailey.

The original stronghold was a timber motte and bailey, and belonged to the de Turberville family.

The castle was originally a motte and bailey.

The Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth soon after the conquest on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913, but this was replaced by the shell-keep and tower that still stand

Any attacking force attempting to enter the bailey would first of all have to run the gauntlet of defending fire from the keep's battlements.

Of the two previous castles on the site, the first was a short-lived motte and bailey erected when the Normans pushed into the Cardiff area.

It also had a Norman motte and bailey castle whose earthworks survive quite well.

All that now remains of the huge structure, apart from the surrounding earthworks, are the broken ruins of the 12th-century flint and mortar curtain walls within the bailey, which encompass a bowling

A motte and bailey was built here in the early 1070s by Robert de Rhuddlan, but the ruins we see today date back to the fortress of Edward I.

Situated on the north bank of the Medway, the original motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone by the early 13th century, when the shell keep was built.