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Castles had drawbridges to allow some people inside, usually by providing a bridge to get over a moat or ditch. Drawbridges could be brought up to keep other people out, such as enemies, since they could not get over the moat or ditch without it.
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What are motte-and-bailey castles?
It is a middle aged type of castle, with a lookout area on a hill - (the motte) and a small town where everyone lived all inside a big fence with a ditch/moat and a drawbrige ect they were made out of wood - which was later replaced. :D
What does bailey mean as motte and bailey?
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!!!!!
What is a concentric castle?
A concentric castle (or multiple castle) is a castle within a castle
How many famous castel has Wales got?
249Aberdyfi Castle Aberedw CastlesAbergavenny CastleAberlleiniog MotteAberllynfi CastleAberrheidol CastleAberyscir CastleAberystwyth CastleActon Burnell CastleAlberbury CastleAlexanderstone MottesCastell Allt-y-FerinAmmanford CastleAngle Tower HouseTomen y Bala, GwyneddBallan Moor CastleBarry CastleBasingwerk CastleBeaumaris CastleBeaupre CastleBenton CastleBishop's MoatBlaenllynfi CastleCastell y BlaiddBleddfa Castle, PowysBrecon Castle, PowysBronllys Castle, PowysBryn Castell, Aberconwy & ColwynBryn-y-Cwn Castle, FlintshireBrynffanigl Ucha Earthwork, GwyneddBuilth Castle, PowysBuilth Wells Castles, PowysCaer Beris Motte, Powys Caer PenrhosCaerau Castle RingworkCastle Caereinion, PowysCaergwrle CastleCaerleon Castle, NewportCaernarfon CastleCaerphilly Castle, CaerphillyCaldicot Castle, MonmouthshireCamrose Castle, PembrokeshireCandleston Castle, BridgendCardiff Castle, CardiffCardigan Castle, CeredigionCarew Castle, PembrokeshireCarmarthen Castle, CarmarthenshireCarn Fadryn Castle, GwyneddCarndochan Castle, GwyneddCarreghoffa Castle, PowysCarreg Cennen Castle, CarmarthenshireCastell y Bere, GwyneddCastleblythe Castle, PembrokeshireCefnllys Castle, PowysChepstow Castle, MonmouthshireChirk Castle, WrexhamCilgerran Castle, PembrokeshireClyro Castle, RadnorshireCastell Coch, BreconshireCastell Coch, CardiffCoity Castle, BridgendColwyn Castles, RadnorshireConwy Castle, Aberconwy & ColwynCottrell Castle, Vale of GlamorganCriccieth Castle, GwyneddCrickadarn Ringwork, PowysCrickhowell Castle, PowysCastell Crug Eryr, PowysCastell Crychydd, PembrokeshireCwm Camlais Castle, BreconshireCymer Castle, GwyneddCastell Cynfael, GwyneddDale Castle, Pembrokeshire Tomen Ddreiniog, GwyneddDeganwy Castle, Aberconwy & ColwynDenbigh Castle, DenbighshireDeudraeth Castle, GwyneddDinas Castle, PowysCastell Dinas Bran, DenbighshireDinas Emrys, GwyneddDinas Powys, Vale of GlamorganDinefwr Castle, CarmarthenshireCastell Dinerth, CeredigionDingestow Castle, MonmouthshireDinham Castle, MonmouthshireDolbadarn Castle, GwyneddDolbenmaen Motte, GwyneddDolforwyn Castle, PowysDolwyddelan Castle, GwyneddDomen Las Castle, GwyneddDryslwyn Castle, CarmarthenshireCastell Du, PowysDyserth Castle, DenbighshireCastle Fartin, Pembrokeshire East Orchard Castle, Vale of GlamorganEdnyfed's CastleEwloe Castle, FlintshireCastell Fartin, PembrokeshireFlint Castle, FintshireFforest Ringwork, BreconshireFonmon Castle, Vale of GlamorganCastell Glas, NewportGlyndyfrdwy, DenbighshireGreencastle Castle, CarmarthenshireGro Tump, PowysGrosmont Castle, MonmouthshireGuan Gunllwch Ringwork, PowysCastell Gwallter, CeredigionGwent: Minor CastlesGwrych Castle, ConwyGwydir Castle, Aberconwy & ColwynHarlech Castle, Gwynedd Haverfordwest Castle, PembrokeshireHawarden Castle, FlintshireHay-on-Wye Castle, PowysHay-on-Wye Motte, PowysHays Castle, PembrokeshireHen Blas Castle, FlintshireHen Domen Castle, PowysHenry's Moat, PembrokeshireHolt Castle, WrexhamHyssington Castle, PowysKenfig Castle, Bridgend Kerry Motte, PowysKidwelly Castle, CarmarthenshireKnighton Castle, PowysKnucklas Castle, PowysLampeter Castle, Ceredigion Landimore Castle, SwanseaLaugharne Castle, CarmarthenshireLiege Castle, Vale of GlamorganLlanblethian Castle, South GlamorganLlanafan Fawr Castle, PowysLlandaff Castle, CardiffLlandeilo Talybont, SwanseaLlandovery Castle, CarmarthenshireLlanfair Kilgeddin Castle, MonmouthshireLlangadog Castle, CarmarthenshireLlangathen Castle, CarmarthenshireLlangibby Castle, MonmouthshireLlangynwyd Castle, BridgendLlanhilleth Castle, Blaenau GwentLlanidloes Castle, PowysLlanilid Castle, GlamorganLlanquian Castle, Vale of GlamorganLlanrhystyd Castle, CeredigionLlansteffan Castle, CarmarthenshireLlantrisant Castle, GlamorganLlanvair Castle, MonmouthshireLlawhaden Castle, PembrokeshireLoughor Castle, SwanseaCastell Machen, Caerphilly CouncilCastle Madoc, PowysCastell Mael, PembrokeshireManorbier Castle, PembrokeshireManorowen Castle, PembrokeshireMathrafal Castle, PowysCastell Moel, CarmarthenshireMoel Froehas Castle, PowysMold Castle, FlintshireMonmouth Castle, MonmouthshireMonnow Bridge and Gate, MonmouthshireMontgomery Castle, PowysMontgomeryshire MottesCastell Morgraig, CardiffMorlais Castle, Mid GlamorganCastle Morris, PembrokeshireCastell Nantcribba, Montgomeryshire Narberth Castle, PembrokeshireNeath Castle, Neath & Port TalbotNefyn Castle, GwyneddNevern Castle, PembrokeshireNew Radnor Castle, PowysNewcastle Castle, BridgendNewcastle Emlyn Castle, CarmarthenshireNewport Castle, NewportNewport Castle, PembrokeshireNewtown Motte, PowysOgmore Castle, Mid Glamorgan Old Radnor, PowysOxwich Castle, SwanseaOystermouth Castle, SwanseaPainscastle Castle, Powys Parc Castell, PembrokeshirePembroke Castle, PembrokeshirePen y Castell, GwyneddPen y Clawdd Castle, MonmouthshirePen y MwdPencader Castle, CarmarthenshirePencelli Castle, PowysPencoed Castle, GwentPenhow Castle, GwentPenllyn Castle, Vale of GlamorganPenlle'r Castle, SwanseaPenmaen Castle, SwanseaPenmark Castle, Vale of GlamorganPennard Castle, SwanseaPentrefoelas Castle, ConwyPenrice Castle, SwanseaPenrhos Castle, GwentPicton Castle, PembrokeshirePowis Castle, PowysPrestatyn Castle, DenbighshireCastell Prysor, GwyneddRaglan Castle, GwentRhayader Castle, PowysRhos Ddiarbed Castle, PowysRhuddlan Castle, DenbighshireRhyd y Gors Castle, DyfedRoch Castle, PembrokeshireRogerstone Castle, NewportRumney Castle, GlamorganRuperra Castle, CaerphillyRuthin Castle, DenbighshireSt Davids Castle, Pembrokeshire St Clears Castle, CarmarthenshireSt Donats Castle, GlamorganSt Fagan's Castle, CardiffSt Nicholas Castle, Vale of GlamorganSennybridge Castle, PowysSkenfrith Castle, MonmouthshireSwansea Castle, SwanseaSycharth Castle, PowysSymon's Castle, PowysTal-Y-Cafn, Aberconwy & Colwyn Castell Taliorum, Blaenau GwentTalyfan Castle, Vale of GlamorganTalfolwern Castle, PowysTalley Castle, CarmarthenshireTenby Castle, PembrokeshireCastell Tinboeth, PowysTomen Castell, ConwyTomen y Faerdre, DenbighshireTomen y Mur, GwyneddTomen y Rhodwydd, DenbighshireTrecastle Motte, PowysCastell Trefadog, AngleseyTrefeca Motte, PowysTretower Castle & Court, PowysCastell Troggy, MonmouthshireTrueman's Hill, FlintshireTump Terrett Castle, MonmouthshireTwmpath Castle, CardiffTwthill Castle, DenbighshireTyddyn Mount, FlintshireUpton Castle, Pembrokeshire Vaynor Motte, Merthy TydfilUsk Castle, MonmouthshireWalwyn's Castle, PembrokeshireWelshpool Castle, PowysWeobley Castle, SwanseaWhite Castle, Monmouthshire,Wiston Castle, PembrokeshireY Foelas Castle, DenbighshireYstradowen Motte, Vale of Glamorgan
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Castle to Castle has 315 pages.
Can you do a list of castles built between 1066 and 1485?
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Which motte and bailey castles are still standing in England?
There are many motte and baily castles still standing here are some of them:In England:· Acklam Castle· Alnwick Castle· Arundel Castle· Bedford Castle· Berkeley Castle· Brinklow Castle· Carisbrooke Castle· Castle Neroche· Clitheroe Castle· Cymbeline's Castle· Dudley Castle· Durham Castle· Fotheringhay Castle· Lewes Castle· Launceston Castle· Lincoln Castle· Montacute· Mount Ferrant· Nether Stowey· Nottingham Castle· Okehampton Castle· Ongar Castle· Oxford Castle· Pickering Castle· Reigate Castle· Stafford Castle· Tamworth Castle· Tonbridge Castle· Totnes Castle· Totternhoe Castle· Tutbury Castle· Warwick Castle· Warkworth Castle· Windsor CastleIn Scotland:· Balgreggan Motte,· Balmaclellan Mote· Boreland Mote· Druchtag Mote, Mote Brae,· Droughdool Mote,· Innermessan· Little Carleton Motte, South· Skaithe MoteIn wales· Buddugre Castle· Cardiff Castle· Lampeter Castle· Llandovery Castle· Mold Castle· Prestatyn Castle· Tomen Castell· Wiston Castle· WolfscastleI hope this helps !!!
What is stirling castle?
Stirling castle is a castle
Names and locations of 5 castles in England and Wales?
* Arundel Castle - Arundel, West Sussex * Pembroke Castle - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire * Windsor Castle - Windsor, West London * Warwick Castle - in Warwick * and Helmsley Castle - er, in Helmsley, Yorkshire
When was Castle to Castle created?
Castle to Castle was created on 1957-06-12.
What is the castle called in I capture the castle?
The castle is called Scoatney Hall in the novel "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith.
