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Built by William de Albini in the 12th century, Castle Rising sits inside a ringwork, with a small bailey on either side; these defences may originally have been constructed of wood.

Clifford's Tower was built by Henry III; it occupies the site of William the Conqueror's motte and bailey destroyed by the Danes in 1069.

The hotel bedrooms extend over Woolworth's next door, Richmond's first chain store; it arrived c1935 and moved in 1980 to Bailey House, visible at the bottom of the Market Place.

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.

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

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

The first castle to be built at Kenilworth is thought to have been a motte and bailey constructed between 1122-1127 by Geoffrey de Clinton. It was de Clinton's son who built the keep.

A motte and bailey castle, one of the earliest in England, was erected here soon after the Norman Conquest, for at that time Norwich was an important town and a major port.

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

St John's church stands in what was the inner bailey of Devizes's castle. A massive tower with a round stair turret dominates this basically Norman building.

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

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.

The original stronghold was a timber motte and bailey, and belonged to the de Turberville family. When rebuilt in stone in 1272 it featured both a shell keep and a shell gatehouse.

They lived in the motte and bailey Castle Stede nearby while it was being constructed. Later it was owned by the Harrington family, who lost both father and son and heir in a Civil War battle.

The medieval church was badly damaged in 1637 during the collapse of part of the North Bailey. It was rebuilt in 1683, and the tower was added in 1703.

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 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. This side of the castle was defended by a moat; there was once a drawbridge where the steps and stone bridge appear in this picture.

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