Duffus Castle in Moray is an example of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland. The first style of castle was called a motte and bailey. Duffus Castle in Moray is an example of a motte and bailey ...

There are many examples of Norman Motte-and-Bailey castles up and down the country, but few are quite as impressive as Brinklow Castle. It boasts an imposing motte, at 15 metres high. Yet ...

According to the World Population Review, France has the highest number of castles in 2025, 45,000. Second is Italy with less ...

"The building features sandstone walls beneath a pitched slate and lead roof [and] the 12th-century motte and bailey castle also comes complete with a Norman keep, a 13th-century round tower ...

The classic motte and bailey castle – originally built by Judhael of Totnes shortly after the Norman Conquest – is one of 21 English Heritage sites around the country which could be closed in ...

Work is about to begin to restore a historic mound where a castle once stood 800 years ago. Missing stones will be replaced on the motte wall of the former Bedford Castle site, the mortar ...