A Motte is the part of a Motte and Bailey castle is the part on the hill consists of the keep.
William built his first motte and bailey castle in England at Pevensey. He utalized a Roman fort for added defence. It is possible the wooden tower on top of the motte was brought by ship ready to assemble.
A Motte is a man made mound of earth in which a Norman tower or a dungeon is built on.
it was used for a look out
a medieval tower on a motte
In a motte-and-bailey castle - the motte is a fortified tower standing on a raised mound.
Motte means small hill. They built a motte and bailey castle which means a bailey(tower) on a hill usually with a moat around it.
the motte is the hill and the bailey is the castle.
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A keep is better than a motte because the motte can be burned however the keep will be harder because it is at a hill top. The motte can rot, it is made out of wood.
Royal family.
the motte and baileys which was made out of wood