How do Motte and Bailey Castles look like from the inside?

motte and bailey castles look like giant shoes :D

They built keeps on hills like motte and Bailey castles but keeps were more different they were stronger and made of stone unlike motte and bailey castles, motte and Bailey castles were mostly made out of wood. hope this information helps !

it tastes like sausages

They were very good! :)

because motte and bailey castles have a way to express themselves like no other castles motte means a big hill and bailey mean river going all the way around it with a village

yes, motte and bailey castles were very easy to attack as they were made out of wood and could burn very easily. whereas if you were talking about stone keep castles which were pretty much like motte and bailey castles then it would take time to burn as they were made out of stone.

I think it was stone keep or concentric castles or sumthin like that ^.^

people like barons and lords where the ones who owned motte and bailey castles. of course, people like kings and queens also had at least one motte and bailey castle. people obviously got greedy and wanted more than just one motte and bailey castles. then it became a competition to see who could get a bigger, stronger castle. thus, the castles we know today were born.

Castles in the early middle ages were motte and bailey castles- a motte was a large mound and a bailey was like a courtyard. These developed into the standard castle with strong stone walls etc.

A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE IS: Motte: A motte is french for a clod of earth. The castle is built on this. Bailey: A bailey is attached to the clod of earth, via some steps and is where the soldiers of the castle sleep, like a small cottage. The castle is made out of wood and has a keep. A keep is like the lookout of a ship, but a lookout for attackers on the horizon. It is usually the safest place in the castle.

Motte and Bailey castles consisted of two large man-made mounds, next to each other, one with a larger area and the other higher up, this is where the keep was. Previous castles, however, were mostly based on the old Celtic design, which was basically a large man-made mound on its own. Motte and Bailey castles were basically better because to assault one you had to get through the outer walls of the Bailey and THEN over the ditch/moat surrounding the higher mound and THEN get into the keep. They also work better to control peasants as to the ones who lived inside the castle it seemed like there was a castle within a castle.

Early castles were not very strong. They were made of wood. They had a keep, a motte, a wooden bridge, a bailey, a palisade, a ditch, a gateway and a drawbridge. The keep was the safest part of the castle because it was build upon a high hill; about 15 metres high. It was protected from attackers by a bailey; a large yard with storerooms, kitchens, stables and guardrooms. The bailey was protected by a gateway with a drawbridge. These types of early castles were known as Motte and Bailey castles.

To find good diagrams and paintings. Click on the link below named"google image search: Motte and bailey castles" If you want me to describe it then it's a raised, flat, fortified area with a large mound on it. The large mound has a keep on it.

A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle. It was made of wood and many were built in Britain and France in the 11th and 12th centuries. Each took 7 to 14 days to build. There were very few Celtic/pre-norman motte and bailey castles. The Normans brought motte and bailey castles in packages like make your own furniture. The main weakness of the motte and bailey castle was that they were usually wooden and therefore burned easily. Parts of the motte and bailey castle Keep- The safest and highest part of the castle. The last line of defence. Motte- usually buily by the local English people. About 15 meters high. There could be more than one. Wodden Bridge- this led from the bailey to the starts climbing the motte. Bailey- A large yard with storeroom, kitchens, stables and guardrooms. There could be more than one. Palisade- the wooden fence surrounding the bailey. Gateway & Drawbridge- the entrance to the bailey, guarded by the baron's soldiers. Ditch- when filled with water it was know as a moat.

Yes they were, because they built some of the first castles, like motte and bailey castles by hand and with only a few tools to help them.

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Motte and Bailey castles were not very good. They had a moat around the outside. A large, dirt mound were the duke/king and his famly lived, and a paddock at the bottem, where all the slaves and peasants lived. The wallls were easily burned down by invaders, and the keep on the dirt mound, often sunk into the ground, crumbling and leaving the King/dukes family to ceratain death. Not all motte and bailey castles had moats, some just had a ditch with no water in.

motte is the highest mound in the barons area with a tall house or castle called the keep and the bailey is the area below that it like a court yard and leads up to the keep but is protected by the palissade (which is the large tall fence surronding the motte and bailey castle and the drawbrige. this is to keep enemys at bay!!!!!

Motte and Bailey castles were built in the 11th century just after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. They were built by King William I (William the Conqueror) who was the new King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. He built the Motte and Bailey castles all over Britain because all the people didn't like him and wouldn't obay him. Having castles all dotted around the Contories made sure that people did what they were told and make sure that there were no rebellions. If people didn't do what they were told, his knights would kill them or arrest them.

King William I would have got his barons to build motte and bailey castles all around England. He built the castles because there were so many rebellions. All the peasents didn't like that King William had killed their former King to gain the throne. If the peasents triedd to do anything out of line, they would get killed by the many soldiers

They changed the design of the castle when William the Conquer wanted to build castles out of stone. Castles used to be motte and bailey castles consisting of 2 parts one was on a high hill so no attackers could reach it and the other was like a small village. Castle designs changed because the motte and bailey was easily burnt or knocked over.

Motte and Bailey castles were built by King William I (William the Conqueror) after the Battle of Hastings to try and stop the rebellions and keep all his people under control in England, Wales and Ireland. He chose Motte and Bailey castles because they were made out of wood. This made them cheap and light so they were easy to build. It was a hard job to keep his people under control as he'd just killed their previous King who they all loved. However, strategically placing these Castles proved well over time as the rebellions eventually became fewer then stopped. Some of these Motte and Bailey castles were later replaced by Stone Keep castles (Stone castles) because they were stronger, didn't burn and didn't rot within a few years but will last on for centuries to come. The Motte and Bailey castles that didn't get improved to a Stone Keep Castle would have just been left to rot. No Motte and Bailey castles still exist today but many Stone Keep castles do. Motte and Bailey castles weren't just built in England however, they actually developed the basic idea of Motte and Bailey Castles in Rhineland Germany. They were only first built in Northwest France by the Normans (Northwest France would have been called Normandy in those days). because they were easy and cheap to build. List and description of key terms- -Keep A wooden castle atop the Motte -Motte The mound of earth the Keep was on -Bailey Where the animals were kept -Ditch A round circle dug around the castle to make reaching the castle harder -Drawbridge This was like a large door, and it was used to keep out enemies. -Palisade The wooden fence surrounding the Motte and Bailey Advantages and disadvantages- Advantages- -The drawbridge could be closed or burnt for additional protection -They were made of wood that couldn't rot -They were easy to build -They were cheap -They were built in roughly a week -They were good to show strength and control Disadvantages- -They were made out of wood that could burn easily, so they could be defeated by fire-arrows - The palisade could be defeated by the Battering Ram I hope this helped.

the first medievil castles were called motte and bailey they were two hills one taller than the other the taller one with the keep on it the smaller one with the soldiers homes

Kings and nobles built castles to protect themselves. The Normans built the first castles. After winning the Battle of Hastings, the Normans needed to protect themselves and their new kingdom. They quickly started to build wooden Motte and Bailey castles. The term motte and bailey comes from Norman French words that mean mound and enclosed land. A motte and bailey castle was built on a huge mound (motte). Mottes could range from 25 feet (8 metres) to over 80 feet (24 metres) tall. The sides were so steep that it would have been difficult to run up them. For additional protection, a deep ditch was dug around the bottom of the motte. The bailey was situated at the bottom of the motte/mound. Baileys varied in size. They could be anything from one to three acres. The followers of the lord of the castle, lived inside the bailey. Inside the bailey were storehouses, stables, bakery, kitchens, and houses and quarters for the followers and solders. To see what a motte-and-bailey actually looked like, see the link further down this page under External Links. The wooden motte and bailey castles were not meant to be permanent, however. They were made of timber, vulnerable to fire, and by that could be destroyed when under attack. Permanent stone Norman castles eventually replaced them. The first stone castles consisted of rectangular towers surrounded by very high stone walls. To see what an early stone castle looked like, see the link further down this page under External Links. What is known as the 'great age of castles' began approximately 1,000 years ago and lasted for nearly 500 years. Medieval castles continued to be built from the time of the 1066 Norman Conquest to the start of the Tudor era in 1485. Although Kings and nobles originally built castles to protect themselves, over time comfortable homes evolved within those fortified walls

Stone keep castles were built because it wasn't going to burn or rot like Motte and Bailey castles would. Also, it would keep it the castle standing for a long amount of time.Because the Motte and Bailey castles would just burn the stone keep castles were a brilliant idea. They lasted longer, they were better defence though the only down side was that they took a lot longer to build. The wooden Motte and Bailey castles only took a week or two but the stone castles would take months. Square keep castle are quite strong castles, as for this they built lots of them for defence the stronger the castle the better defence because square castles have round towers in each corner the pressure spreads every where and not in one place so the castle does not collapse.