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• Castle Hill, Thetford — Castle Hill is the site of a fortified earthwork in the town of Thetford in Norfolk in the United Kingdom.Located to the south east of the town centre; Castle Hill has been a fortification since the Iron Age. The last people to develop it were… …   Wikipedia

• motte-and-bailey castle — ˌmotte and ˌbailey ˈcastle 7 noun an old type of castle that consists of a ↑fort on a small hill surrounded by an outer wall   Culture: castles [castles motte and bailey castle …   Useful english dictionary

• Castle Camps — was located in the civil parish of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire (gbmapping|TL626424).OwnersCastle Camps was originally a Saxon manor, belonging to Wulfwin, a Thane of King Edward the Confessor. After the Norman invasion, William the Conqueror… …   Wikipedia

• Castle Hill, Folkestone — Castle The summit of Castle Hill is capped by the earthworks of a motte and bailey fort sometimes referred to as Caesar s Camp. However, an excavation of the site by General Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1878 revealed no evidence of a Roman settlement… …   Wikipedia

• Castle walls — were an evolutionary defense structure over a period of thousands of years. They served to protect the inhabitants of strategic military outposts, which would often result in cottage industries popping up around the outpost to serve the needs of… …   Wikipedia

• Castle Combe Castle — stood to the north of the village of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. (gbmapping|ST837777).It was a medieval motte and bailey castle standing on a limestone spur. It was unusual in that it had a keep with at least four and possibly five baileys …   Wikipedia

• Motte Saint-Albe — is a château in Gironde, Aquitane, France. Categories: Châteaux in GirondeFrench castle stubs …   Wikipedia

• motte — ► NOUN historical ▪ a mound forming the site of a castle or camp. ORIGIN French, mound , related to MOAT(Cf. ↑moated) …   English terms dictionary

• Motte-and-bailey — 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 an …   Wikipedia

• Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …   Wikipedia

• Motte and Bailey — Modell einer normannischen Motte im Museum von Bayeux Eine Motte (frz. motte „Klumpen“, „Erdsode“) ist ein vorwiegend in Holzbauweise errichteter Burgtyp, dessen Hauptmerkmal ein künstlich angelegter Erdhügel mit einem meist turmförmigen Gebäude… …   Deutsch Wikipedia