A castle would usually be on a hill, wouldn't it?
A Bailey in a Motte and Bailey castle would be used to put the stables, guard room, blacksmith etc...
The bailey in a motte-and-bailey castle was the flat area where stables, barracks, houses etc. would rest. It would later be adapted into the "courtyard" for bigger stone castles.
The Bailey in a castle was a courtyard insidethe wall or between two outer walls of a castle that surrounded The Keep.It was a Market Place and served as a gathering place for the locals residents.
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In a motte and bailey castle, soldiers typically lived in the bailey, which was the enclosed courtyard area surrounded by a wooden or stone palisade. This area often included barracks or temporary shelters where the soldiers could rest and store their equipment. The motte, a raised earth mound, usually housed the keep, where the lord and his family lived, providing a fortified position above the bailey. Soldiers would defend the castle from the bailey while maintaining a strategic presence in the motte.
all the soldiers and men who helped to defend the castle would live in the bailey as well as the king/queen.
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Normally lords would live there and all the important people
The Motte was a defensive feature to a Motte and Bailey castle because By The Time The attackers got to the top Of The Motte (a big hill where the main castle was) They would Be KNACKERED!! (I Learnt this in my history lesson!)
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Put water on it and kill the enemy. :|