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Why are motte and bailey castles called motte and bailey castle?
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∙ 14y ago
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
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThey were to help William control England.
This made them important.
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∙ 12y agoIt was because they fought the Norman which was led in 1066
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∙ 14y agoIt was called a motte and bailey castle because of the motte as the hill and the bailey as the village
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What were the first types of castles called?
The first type of castle was a motte and bailey castle.
What was the motte and bailey castle built out of?
motte and bailey castles were built out of wood
Why are they called mott and bailey keep castles?
they where called a motte because of the hill and in the ... they called it a motte and then the bailey is where the farmers and the animals and bla bla bla and together they make a motte and bailey castle.
What was the first castle founded called?
one of the very first castles was the Motte & Bailey Castle.
Information about motte and baily castles?
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
What is a name of a motte and bailey castle?
Give me the name of a mitte and bailey castle? There are loads of Motte and Bailey castles go to Google to find out the answer
How were motte and bailey castle built?
Check out the Related Link named "interactive Motte & Bailey Castle diagram" for your answer to "How were Motte and Bailey castles built?".
Shape of a motte and bailey castle?
motte and bailey castles look like giant shoes :D
What Were First Castles Built From?
Wood mainly. Just an outer wall with an entrance and a small fort inside. This type of castle would have been called a motte and bailey castle. Motte and bailey castles were later replaced by concentric castles made out of stone.
What were the first types of castles?
The first type of castle was a motte and bailey castle.
What came castle after the stone motte and bailey castles?
concentric castles came next
Is alnwick castle a motte and bailey castle?
No. This is because motte and bailey castles were made of wood and built on a hill, but Alnwick Castle is made of stone and not built on a hill.
