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Re: Fort Legorado
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:46:50 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, John P. Henderson writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Richard Morton writes:
> > Yes, I remember studying Motte and Baileys at school, many, many years ago.
> > It should be an interesting project for you.
> > I will be interested in how you do the circular fortified walls usings brown
> > log pieces.
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> Does a Motte and Bailey have to be round? It's been a while since I read
> all those history texts of that era, but I thought such a thing is any
> wooden fort built on a hill, where the hill is most often man-made from
> earth moved from the surrounding land -thus the Motte (or dry-moat). I seem
> to recall these were very popular around the time of William the Conqueror
> since they could be constructed fairly quickly to shelter a garrison of
> troops in regions that had only recently been captured. I don't recall any
> restrictions on the shape. Granted, the easiest man-made hill would be
> round, so perhaps round fortifications would be most likely.
They were typically round, but the "keep" on the center of the hill is often
square. The perimeter wall is often round. If anybody can prove me wrong,
say so!
> I am saying this only from vague memories though. So I could be way off
> base. Anyone have more accurate information?
Rob
robo2705@hotmail.com
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