black-smiths and soldiers mainly lived in motte and bailey castles!.x
It was a motte and bailey castle, later turned into a stone keep castle.
A Motte is the part of a Motte and Bailey castle is the part on the hill consists of the keep.
motte and bailey
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.
A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE IS: Motte: A motte is french for a clod of earth. The castle is built on this. Bailey: A bailey is attached to the clod of earth, via some steps and is where the soldiers of the castle sleep, like a small cottage. The castle is made out of wood and has a keep. A keep is like the lookout of a ship, but a lookout for attackers on the horizon. It is usually the safest place in the castle.
A stone or square keep castle is the extention of a motte and bailey castle.
the keep was made out of wood
CONCENTRIC
motte and bailey
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.
square stone keep castle
In the keep on the 2nd floor