| Ghostly sightings at the castle have included a monk on the ancient motte staircase and an apparition of a medieval lady. |
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| On the old motte a great keep or tower house was raised, emblazoned with an imposing heraldic panel carrying the Percy Lion. |
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| No-one is quite sure how many motte and bailey castles were built in England by the Normans. |
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| The motte stands at the north-east corner of a square, subdivided bailey, the inner portion of which is partly walled and has a gate. |
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| Near to this original house, on a chalk hill, William I built a castle, with a ward either side of a low motte. |
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| Before the present castle was constructed, a Norman motte and bailey fortification existed nearby. |
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| William built a motte and bailey castle on Pevensey Bay and held a feast to celebrate the Normans' safe arrival. |
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| Robert threw himself energetically into building a complex polygonal motte and bailey fortress out of wood there. |
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| Whereas motte and bailey castles were surrounded by a wooden fence, the stone keeps could rely on outer walls made of stone. |
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| As time permitted, larger, purpose-built earth and timber castles of motte and bailey plan, or ringworks, were constructed. |
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| Modern steps curve up the side of the motte, one of the largest in the country. |
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| Design modifications in the 12th century included stone tower keeps to replace the motte. |
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| Once, while easing around a thick motte, I glanced down and saw an ornate box turtle in the grass. |
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| You stand to either side of the motte and send a flushing dog inside. |
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| Founded by William the Conqueror, the fine motte and bailey castle was popular with medieval monarchs, some of whom used it as a royal hunting lodge. |
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| The second main phase of use began immediately after the Norman conquest when William I constructed a motte and bailey castle in the middle of the earlier hillfort. |
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| A mound, or motte, was raised up to one hundred feet in height. |
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| The motte was an earthen mound, conical in shape and the bailey was a level area around the motte, both of which would have had a wooden stockade surrounding. |
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| That Edward's fortress incorporated the motte of an earlier Norman castle indicates that here castle-building actually signified a re-conquest of territory. |
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| Excavations on top of the motte in 1969 revealed no traces of medieval occupation, suggesting any evidence had been removed. |
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| It is likely that the motte was surmounted by a wooden tower known as a keep. |
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| The Edwardian castle's layout was mostly dictated by the lay of the land, although the inclusion of the previous castle's motte played a part. |
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| The Norman settlement lay along what is now High Street between the church at its north end and the remains of a Norman motte at its south end. |
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| The Normans constructed a motte and bailey castle, a stone curtain wall, and a great cathedral. |
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| From successive incarnations of the motte and bailey castle, only a section of the bailey wall remains today, lying just off Castle Way. |
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| It is an example of the early motte and bailey castles favoured by the Normans. |
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| At the heart of Windsor Castle is the Middle Ward, a bailey formed around the motte or artificial hill in the centre of the ward. |
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| The Round Tower is in reality far from cylindrical, due to the shape and structure of the motte beneath it. |
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| Henry rebuilt the principal castle gateway in about 1510 and constructed a tennis court at the base of the motte in the Upper Ward. |
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| Shell keeps were built on many mottes, circular stone shells running around the top of the motte, sometime protected by a further chemise, or low protective wall, around the base. |
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| Saved from the ravages of time by the experienced work of a couple of enthusiasts, this superb historic property proudly dominates a splendid region with its intoxicating landscapes from the top of its motte. |
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| The bailey was linked to the motte either by a flying bridge stretching between the two, or, more popularly in England, by steps cut into the motte. |
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| It is directly built on an older motte of feudal land. |
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| At the beginning of the 17th century, the motte was transformed into modern fortifications with the addition of 4 bastions in accordance with a star-shaped layout. |
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| It passed to the king in 1233 and in 1245 repairs were ordered to its motte and towers. |
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| Cherry Hill, to the south of Cathedral Park, is the remains of the Norman period, motte and bailey, Ely Castle. |
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| Landscaping in the 17th century added spiral paths to the castle motte during Fulke Greville's programme of restoration. |
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| The statue of Charles II was moved from the centre of the Upper Ward to the base of the motte. |
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| Sometimes a motte covered an older castle or hall, whose rooms became underground storage areas and prisons beneath a new keep. |
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| While the concept of ditches, ramparts, and stone walls as defensive measures is ancient, raising a motte is a medieval innovation. |
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| A castle with earthen ramparts, a motte, and timber defences and buildings could have been constructed by an unskilled workforce. |
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| They built permanent stone castles, many originating from a network of earlier motte and bailey castles. |
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| The site of Aberdyfi Castle however is usually said to be at the motte earthworks further up the river near Glandyfi. |
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| There is at least one house in the village dating from the 14th century, and there are the remains of a motte and bailey castle believed to date from Saxon times. |
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| Annesley Castle, a motte and bailey fortification, stands at the foot of Diadem Hill and can be seen from the A611 Annesley Bypass as it intersects the Misks. |
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| The motte and the Round Tower form the west edge of the ward. |
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| Work was also undertaken to underpin the motte of the Round Tower after fresh subsidence was detected in 1988, threatening the collapse of the tower. |
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| In the 17th century the motte was landscaped with the addition of a path. |
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