id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 48602 Armitage, Ella S. The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. .txt text/plain 136486 9475 82 Norman times, tell us frequently of castles in the Saxon period; but certain that the Norman castle of Chester lay outside the city walls, Bakewell there are the remains of a motte and bailey castle (a small mention of a castle which is clearly of the motte-and-bailey kind is suggested in Chapter I., the plan of the motte-and-bailey castle in his work on Austrian castles are on the motte-and-bailey plan, castles of the 11th century are of the motte-and-bailey type. occupied the wooden castle on the motte built by William FitzOsbern. clearly speaking of a Roman tower, and the motte of the Norman castle The Norman castle was placed outside the town walls, motte-and-bailey castle, with additions in masonry which are probably motte and bailey, which probably mark the site of the first castle of motte-and-bailey castle, of which the earthworks remain.[955] his time, and both were originally wooden castles on mottes.[1156] ./cache/48602.txt ./txt/48602.txt