Motte and bailey castles were built between th 10th and 12th century. There are none that still exist today.
Motte and bailey castles began to evolve significantly during the late 11th and 12th centuries, as their design was adapted for better defense and longevity. By the 12th century, many motte and bailey structures were replaced or upgraded to stone, leading to the development of more permanent and formidable castles. This transition marked a shift from the initial wooden designs, which were vulnerable to fire and decay, to stone constructions that offered greater security and durability.
1066 - c.1100
Historically, it would seem that the eleventh through sixteenth centuries were the "Golden Age" of castle building in Europe. Some were built before or after that time, but most date to that 500 year period.
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The first castles were in France, in the motte-and-bailey style and entirely of earth and timber. They were built by the French to ward off Viking incursions. The earliest ones date to shortly before 1000. The earliest castles in England were built by Norman military advisers to King Edward the Confessor in 1051 and 1052, some 14 years before the Norman conquest. The Normans, who were Viking settlers in France, learned castle-building from the French.
Scotland has numerous historic battlegrounds and castles that date back to the beginning of the 11th century. Edinburgh, Stirling, and Urquhart are three of the most famous historic castles in Scotland.
Features of castles changed greatly throughout the centuries. A motte and bailey castle, for example, prevalent in France after the viking invasion and England after 1066, consisted of a huge mound of earth with a tower on top. An early stone castle consisted of one stone keep, sometimes huge in size (e.g Rochester) and perhaps a ditch around the outside.After this, castles got fancy. The idea of a keep was abandoned and a concentric castle was developed- no keep, just really strong curtain walls, with mural towers (towers in the wall) The gatehouse became the strongest point of a castle, with either two or one towers protecting it, depending on the date it was built in. Arrow slits were an early development, and when guns were used, they were often adapted to accomodate guns too. A good example of a castle like this is Caerphilly, built by Edward I in the late 12th century.
No one really knows the exact date someone created a castle but obviously they were needed to keep towns safe so to answer your question the Normans invented building castles first by using wood and timber and then even after their the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066 they were still using wood and timber to create castles and then through necessity turned to stone castles.
In England there were 4 M&Bs built around 1050. 3 in Hereford and 1 in Essex. They were built by Norman barons on land given them by Edward the Confessor. There is no exact date until Sept 1066 when one was built at Pevensey.
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Stone keep castles were first built in Medieval England by William the Conqueror. Stone allowed the castles to be build higher than previous wooden castles. This gave them the great advantage of visibility, allowing defenders to see enemies coming from a great distance.
I have heard many things, but I'm pretty sure they started in around 500 AD (this is the date I'm not sure of) and definitely ended in the early 1500's. The high middle ages were 1000-around 1400. (This is the part you will imagine: huge castles, etc. Before it was little wooden structures that were quite dirty and uncomfortable.)