Motte And Bailey Collection

Haughley Castle 29845_042
Haughley Castle, Suffolk. Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle destroyed in 1173, 2016

Old Sarum 33306_031
Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2017. A multi period site comprising Iron Age hillfort, Romano British occupation, a Saxon burh, a Norman motte and bailey castle and a cathedral. SU1332

Lincoln Castle 28994_045
Lincoln Castle, Assize Courts and former Governors house and prison, Lincolnshire, 2018

Clifford Castle 33678_013
The remains of Clifford Castle, County of Herefordshire, 2018

Tunbridge Castle in the County of Kent, from Edward Hasted s, The History and... 1777-90
Tunbridge Castle in the County of Kent, from Edward Hasted s, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3, 1777-90

Berkhamsted Castle 35042_015
The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021

Halton Castle 35024_012
Halton Castle, a ruined shell keep castle on the site of an earlier motte and bailey, Halton, Cheshire, 2021

Elmley Castle 33256_031
Elmley Castle, a medieval ringwork and bailey located within two Iron Age hillforts, Worcestershire, 2016

Canterbury City Walls 33246_003
Dane John Mound and Canterbury City Walls, Kent, 2016

Morpeth Castle 34010_035
Morpeth, Northumberland. The motte and bailey remains of Morpeth Castle and later gatehouse, 2018

Pickering Castle 34039_078
Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire. 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle, 2018

Warkworth Castle 34011_009
Warkworth, Northumberland. Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

Castle Hill, Thetford 29849_001
Castle Hill, Thetford. A motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary, 2016

Kilpeck Castle 33226_045
Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Kilpeck Castle, motte and bailey earthwork and the remains of a keep, 2016

Urishay 33225_046
Urishay, Peterchurch, Herefordshire. A motte castle and the ruins of a chapel and post-medieval house, 2016

Old Castleton 33223_021
Medieval motte and bailey earthworks, Old Castleton, Clifford, Herefordshire, 2016

Clifford Castle 33223_008
Clifford, Herefordshire. Clifford Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle, probably constructed between 1067 and 1070, with additional 13th century fortifications in stone, 2016

Clifford Castle 33223_006
Clifford, Herefordshire. Clifford Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle, probably constructed between 1067 and 1070, with additional 13th century fortifications in stone, 2016

Pontefract Castle 34048_066
Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire, 2018. A Norman motte and bailey castle

Old Sarum Castle 33306_041
Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2017. Remains of motte and bailey castle. SU1332

Devizes Castle 29613_010
Devizes Castle, a Victorian folly built on the motte of the original castle, Wiltshire, 2015

Windsor Castle, c. 1829 (watercolour)
3086778 Windsor Castle, c.1829 (watercolour) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); British Museum, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Berkhamsted Castle 35042_008
The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021

Berkhamsted Castle 35042_010
The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021

Stogursey Castle 33901_001
The ruins of Stogursey Castle, Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Stogursey Castle 33901_012
The ruins of Stogursey Castle, Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Snodhill Castle 33675_026
The remains of Snodhill Castle, County of Herefordshire, 2018

Nottingham Castle 35012_016
Nottingham Castle, Medieval motte and bailey castle, City of Nottingham, 2021

Devizes 33115_069
Devizes Castle and town, Wiltshire, 2017

Devizes 33114_003
The castle and town, Devizes, Wiltshire, 2017

Hastings Castle 33213_017
Hastings Castle, East Sussex, 2016

Warkworth Castle 34011_001
Warkworth, Northumberland. The ruins of Warkworth Castle, an early 12th century motte and bailey castle, 2018

Warkworth Castle 34011_017
Warkworth, Northumberland. Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

Longtown Castle 33227_043
Longtown, Herefordshire. The remains of Longtown Castle, a motte and bailey castle known as Ewias Lacy Castle in the medieval period, 2016

Mynydd-Brith 33224_016
Mynydd-Brith, Dorstone, Herefordshire. Motte and bailey castle, 2016

Newton Tump 33223_028
Newton Tump, Clifford, Herefordshire. The earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle, 2016

Stapleton Castle 33219_004
Stapleton, Herefordshire. Stapleton Castle, the ruins of a 17th century house on the site of a medieval motte and bailey castle, 2016

Lingen Castle 33218_020
Lingen, Herefordshire. Lingen Castle, motte and bailey earthwork, 2016

Warkworth 28684_001
The village of Warkworth, situated in a loop of the River Coquet, along with ruined Norman castle, Warkworth, Northumberland, 2015

Caernarvon Castle, 1845. Creator: Elizabeth Murray
Caernarvon Castle, 1845

Caernarvon Castle, 1776. Creator: Paul Sandby
Caernarvon Castle, 1776

Dane John monument and city walls, Canterbury, Kent (b / w photo)
5999732 Dane John monument and city walls, Canterbury, Kent (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dane John monument and city walls, Canterbury, Kent)

Norham Castle (w / c on paper)
AGN271141 Norham Castle (w/c on paper) by Robson, George Fennel (1788-1833); Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; English, out of copyright

Durham from the River, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Durham from the River, 1898. Construction of Durham Castle began in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror, it is a Norman motte and bailey castle

Carisbrooke Castle, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Carisbrooke Castle, 1898. From " Our Own Country, Volume IV". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

Cambridge Castle, c1783. Creator: Unknown
Cambridge Castle, c1783. Plan & View of Cambridge Castle, from an Ancient Drawing, formerly belonging to General Armstrong; supposed to be Drawn about the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. B

Cambridge Castle, 1783. Creator: Unknown
Cambridge Castle, 1783. View of the motte and bailey castle at Cambridge, built c1068 by William the Conqueror, which was demolished in 1842. [S Hooper, 1783]

Castle Combe Castle in Wiltshire, England (12th Century)
The motte-and-bailey castle at Castle Combe (the village that bears the name of this castle) in Wiltshire, England (circa mid 12th century). Vintage etching circa mid 19th century

Saxton Castle 28532_042
Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond, North Yorkshire, 2014

Entrance to the keep, Carisbrook Castle, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England, seen here in the 19th century. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial

Aerial view of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England, partial reconstruction. From Everday Life in Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Times, published 1926

Carisbrooke Castle, Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial

The building of the new castle on the Tyne, 1080. In 1080 William I sent his eldest son, Robert Curthose, north to defend the kingdom against the Scots

The South Gate of Cardiff Castle in Glamorgan Shire, from Twelve Views in Aquatint from Drawings taken on the Spot in South Wales, 1773-75

Motte and Bailey castle atop raised earth mound

Drawing Room at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, c1930. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Drawing Room, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, c1930. Carisbrooke Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport)

Dining Room at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, c1930. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Dining Room at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, c1930. Carisbrooke Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport)

Birds Eye View of Castle Hedingham, Essex (Partial Reconstruction. ), (1931)
Birds Eye View of Castle Hedingham, Essex (Partial Reconstruction.), (1931). Hedingham Castle in Essex is one of the best preserved Norman keeps in England. The keep was built c1140

Lewes Castle, in Sussex. late 18th century. Lewes Castle in East Sussex was built in 1087 by William de Warenne, brother-in-law of William the Conqueror and 1st Earl of Surrey

Plan of Carlisle Castle, Cumberland, late 18th century. Norman motte and bailey castle in Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrians Wall

Matilda is permitted to retire from Arundel, Sussex, 1139 (1864). Matilda (1102-1167), the daughter of Henry I of England

Robert wounding his father, King William I, Normandy, 1079 (1864)
Duke Robert of Normandy wounding his father, King William I, Normandy, 1079 (1864). Robert Curthose (1051-1134) fighting his father

Carnarvon - The Castle, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Plan of the Castle, 1895. From The Governors Guide to Windsor Castle, by the Most Noble The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1895]

Nordens View of Windsor Castle, 1607. 1895. Artist: John Norden
Nordens View of Windsor Castle, 1607. 1895. From The Governors Guide to Windsor Castle, by the Most Noble The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1895]

The Round Tower Windsor Castle, 1887. Artist: Axel Herman Haig
The Round Tower Windsor Castle, 1887. The keep, called the Round Tower, on top of the motte is based on an original 12th-century building

Remains of Morpeth Castle, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Remains of Morpeth Castle, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Dunster Castle, c1907. Artist: Leonard Willoughby
Dunster Castle, c1907. From The Connoisseur Volume XLII. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1915]

Launceston Castle, Cornwall, 19th century. Artist: E Francis
Launceston Castle, Cornwall, 19th century. Launceston Castle was originally built as a motte and bailey fortification by the Normans, possibly as early as 1067

Norman Motte and Bailey, Cliffords Tower, York, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Norman Motte and Bailey, Cliffords Tower, York, c1960. Medieval Norman castle commonly referred to as Cliffords Tower. The first motte

Tunbridge Castle, Kent, engraved by S. Lacey, 1831 (engraving)
XJF465141 Tunbridge Castle, Kent, engraved by S. Lacey, 1831 (engraving) by Baynes, Thomas Mann (1794-1854) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Carlisle Castle (engraving)
XJF448262 Carlisle Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carlisle Castle, in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria)

The South-East View of Brecknock Castle, 1741 (engraving)
XJF3058228 The South-East View of Brecknock Castle, 1741 (engraving) by Buck, Nathaniel (fl.1727-53) and Samuel (1696-1779); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Chateau de La Roche-Guyon (w / c on paper)
XIR202273 Chateau de La Roche-Guyon (w/c on paper) by Lespinasse, Louis-Nicolas de (1734-1808); Musee de l Ile de France, Sceaux, France; French, out of copyright

Norham Castle, engraved by Charles Turner (1773-1857) 1859-61 (engraving)
XYC148730 Norham Castle, engraved by Charles Turner (1773-1857) 1859-61 (engraving) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) (after); Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The 11th century motte and bailey castle, Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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"Discovering the Motte and Bailey: Exploring Ancient Strongholds" Step back in time with these captivating images castles, showcasing their historical significance and architectural marvels. From Clifford Castle's imposing ruins to Old Sarum's commanding presence, each structure tells a tale of power, defense, and medieval life. Saxton Castle stands tall against the horizon, its strategic location offering unparalleled views of the surrounding landscape. Meanwhile, Morpeth Castle exudes an air of grandeur with its well-preserved walls that have witnessed centuries of history unfold. Pickering Castle's sturdy fortifications remind us of its crucial role in protecting valuable territories during turbulent times. Haughley Castle's remains provide glimpses into a bygone era when knights roamed these halls. Castle Hill in Thetford transports us to an age where battles were fought for honor and glory. Kilpeck Castle showcases intricate details carved into stone, testament to the craftsmanship that went into constructing such formidable structures. Windsor Castle takes center stage with its majestic watercolor depiction from 1829—a timeless symbol of royal power and splendor. Berkhamsted Castle captivates our imagination with both aerial views and close-ups revealing remnants of ancient defenses. These motte and bailey castles stand as reminders of human ingenuity in creating fortified strongholds while adapting to ever-changing circumstances. They invite us to delve deeper into history’s mysteries—to explore tales whispered within their walls and unlock secrets buried beneath layers of time. Join us on this journey through centuries past as we unravel the stories behind these remarkable motte and bailey castles—monuments that continue to inspire awe even today.