List of motte-and-bailey castles
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled, often forced labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales following their invasion in 1066. Motte and bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, the Low Countries and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries.
France
Ireland
- Ballymoty Motte
- Belturbet
- Castleruddery Motte
- Dún Dealgan Motte
- Gortlownan Motte
- Granard Motte
- Greenmount Motte
- Knockgraffon
- Lemonstown Motte
- Portlick Motte
- Roscrea Castle
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
England
A study by castellologist D. J. Cathcart King in 1972 found 473 mottes in England.[1]
- Arundel Castle
- Alnwick Castle
- Bedford Castle
- Berkeley Castle
- Berkhamsted Castle
- Brinklow Castle
- Carisbrooke Castle
- Castle Neroche
- Corfe Castle
- Clitheroe Castle
- Cymbeline's Castle
- Dudley Castle
- Durham Castle
- Eye Castle
- Fenny Castle
- FitzHarris Castle
- Fotheringhay Castle
- Hastings Castle
- Holwell Castle, Parracombe
- Lewes Castle
- Launceston Castle
- Lincoln Castle
- Montacute Castle
- Nether Stowey
- Norwich Castle
- Nottingham Castle
- Okehampton Castle
- Ongar Castle
- Oxford Castle
- Pickering Castle
- Reigate Castle
- Skipsea Castle
- Stansted Mountfitchet Castle
- Stafford Castle
- Tamworth Castle
- Thetford Castle
- Tonbridge Castle
- Totnes Castle
- Totternhoe Castle
- Tutbury Castle
- Wallingford Castle
- Warwick Castle
- Warkworth Castle
- Windsor Castle
- Sicily Castle
Scotland
Canmore has records for 46 motte-and-bailey castles in Scotland.[2]
- Doune of Invernochty, Aberdeenshire
- Duffus Castle, Moray
- Hermitage Castle, Liddesdale
- Liddel Castle, Liddesdale
- Motte of Urr, Dumfries and Galloway
- Tibbers Castle, Dumfries and Galloway
Northern Ireland
Dromore
Wales
A 1972 study found 268 mottes in Wales.[1]
- Aberlleiniog Castle
- Buddugre Castle
- Cardiff Castle
- Lampeter Castle
- Llandovery Castle
- Mold Castle
- Prestatyn Castle
- Tomen Castell
- Wiston Castle
- Wolfscastle
- Twyn Castell (Gelligaer)
References
Notes
- 1 2 King 1972, pp. 102, 104
- ↑ "Sites (46) | Canmore". Retrieved 2017-03-23.
Bibliography
- King, D. J. Cathcart, "The field archaeology of mottes in England and Wales: eine kurze übersichte", Château Gaillard: Etudes de castellologie médiévale, 5: 101–117
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