This walled area could be quite large — one to three acres usually — and was often shaped like a kidney. The bailey had a palisade and ditch surrounding it.
The strong wooden fence palisade was an excellent defence against attack and the ditch also known as a fosse surrounded the bailey for added protection. The bailey is where followers of the lord of the castle lived. Many building would be built inside the bailey for stables, kitchens, houses, soldiers quarters, bakeries, and storehouses.
The bailey was designed to be defended by archers. The design of the bailey made it so that any point on its outer edge would be within bowshot range of the tower. Ditches surrounding motte-and-bailey castles could be combined. These would form a number eight shape around the castle and it could be filled with water as well to create a moat. Many modern castles started out as a motte-and-bailey design. Over time they evolved and were developed and renovated into new designs.
Almost no motte and bailey castles are used today, but many still exist. The most famous example of a motte and bailey castle that is still in use is Windsor Castle , home to the Queen of England. They were an easy type of castle to build. View all civil rights worksheets. View all natural wonders worksheets. View all landmark worksheets. View all US state worksheets.
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Sign Me Up. Building castles then was very labour intensive. William and his men were invaders and his army would have had to be on a constant guard especially in the immediate days after Hastings. This motte took fifty men eighty days to build. Using this as a guide, the motte at Dover would have needed men to complete in eight days.
It is possible that local towns people were coerced into working extremely hard to complete the task. However, building a motte was a skilled achievement. The mottes were built layer upon layer. There would be a layer of soil that was capped with a layer of stones that was capped with a layer of soil and so on.
The stone layers were needed to strengthen the motte and to assist drainage. William accepted the surrender of the Anglo-Saxon nobles at Berkhamsted Castle, north-west of London — arguably his finest motte and bailey castle. This meant that he did not have to fight for London — and the people of London were spared their city being torched. William started his reign as king of England with uncharacteristic diplomacy.
He allowed the Saxon nobles to keep their land and he tried to learn English. However, for two years up to , he was faced with rebellions throughout his new kingdom. William responded by marching his feared army to a trouble spot and re-asserting his authority.
However, this series of castle building did not cause the problem to disappear. This castle was not heavily defended and the Normans soldiers there were beaten and the castle was burnt to the ground. Norman soldiers destroyed anything that might have been of use to those who lived in the north.
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