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.
motte and bailey castles were built out of wood
motte and bailey castles consist of a hill/motte, a bailey which was a living area for the soldiers and the castle which was made out of wood
Motte and Bailey castles
The castles that came after Motte and Bailey Castles were Stone Castles. This was an improvement to Motte and Bailey Castles because Motte and Bailey castles were made out of wood. Wood burns easily, rots quickly and isn't very strong. Stone castles, however were made of stone(obiously). Stone doesn't burn easily, doesn't rot and is very strong.
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motte and bailey castles is called 'motte and bailey castles' because the motte is another word for the hill on which is the keep and the bailey is where all the people live in an area encircled by wooden posts which joins up to the hill
the first kind of castles were moat and bailey castles.
Stone castles, Concentric castles, Motte and Bailey Castles
motte and bailey, stone keep castles and concentric castles
Motte and Bailey castles and Concentric castles
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 !
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