The original keep of Cardiff Castle was built on a motte, which was a small hill. The castle was extended around this, however, and most of it was not above the surrounding countryside.
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Robert FitzHamon is said to have built and lived in it during the 1000s. (He began building it in 1080).
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.
Castell Coch, located near Cardiff, Wales, was originally built in the 13th century by the Norman lord Gilbert de Clare. The castle as it stands today was reconstructed in the 19th century, specifically between 1871 and 1891, under the direction of the architect William Burges, who created a romanticized version of the medieval castle.
Kidwelly Castle was built by the English as a defense against the Welsh.
Cardiff Castle was built by Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester, who had conquered Glamorgan.
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It was built on a hill, and then houses were built around it, the castle was built there to protect the village around it.
Cardiff Castle is located in Cardiff, Wales.
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.
Cardiff Castle is in Cardiff, Wales, in the United Kingdom.
A castle baily is part of the "Motte and Baily" castles. The motte is the massive, man-made hill, where the castle is built on. The baily is the slightly smaller hill, where the village and "town" is built.
Live at Cardiff Castle was created in 1998.
Lincoln Castle was built on high ground, about 60 meters above the surrounding land.
I think it was 4000 years agoTHINK
Cardiff Castle is located in Cardiff, Wales.
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