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Subject:	Re: Motte-and-Bailey Castles (Was: Fort Legorado)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 01:05:16 GMT
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> I am saying this only from vague memories though. So I could be way off > base. Anyone have more accurate information? Here are some links to images of hstoric motte-and-bailey castles: http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlesa.htm http://www.castlewales.com/motte.html http://www.conisbroughcastle.org.uk/history.htm http://homepage.mac.com/mfeinberg/castles/types.html From looking at these it seems that the walls weren't necessarily round, but sometimes were straight with rounded corners. Though there are doubtless countless more examples of motte-and-bailey castles, and round could very well be the predominant shape. Henry

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		Re: Fort Legorado
(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)

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