How to Draw a Motte and Bailey Castle TUTORIAL
Medieval fortification A reconstruction of the English urban center of York in the 15th century, showing the motte-and-bailey fortifications of Old Baile (left foreground) and York Castle topped by Clifford's Tower (centre right) A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte , accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey , surrounded past a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively piece of cake to build with unskilled labour, merely still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in French republic, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in S