For centuries, Great Britain’s castles were the literal and ... They were in the classic “motte-and-bailey” design, with an earthen mound — the motte — providing a lookout tower for ...

Students from Cardiff University collaborated with archaeologists to excavate the mound on Soulton Hall's grounds. Courtesy Dig Ventures / Facebook The owners of stately Soulton Hall in Shropshire ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Brigitte Webster beside her moat in Norwich © Chris Everard “The moat sealed ...

READING, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that the mound at Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire is 2,500 ... surrounded by defensive earthworks known as a bailey. Jim Leary of the University of Reading ...

A motte and bailey – or mound and enclosure – castle was constructed on the edge ... it was made of wood and surrounded by a moat, only accessible by a bridge and guarded gatehouse.

Tickhill became his capital, and he built an earth and timber motte-and-bailey castle over a two-acre site. The mound he chose is ... Yorkshire manor house with a moat that's been in the same ...

ARUNDEL Castle has over 1,000 years worth of history inside its walls. We look at the history of the castle, when it was built, and what it is best known for. Arundel Castle is the historic home ...

But Cambridge's forgotten castle commonly seems to find itself missed off of a tourist's 'to-do' list. Although not really a castle anymore, and known instead as Castle Mound, the historic ...

The one-acre moat is spring-fed and has a bridge across it to access the property. Starborough Castle is near the pretty town of Edenbridge, on the border of Kent and Surrey. James Bailey from the ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a 14th century castle – complete with a moat – under a hotel in Vannes, France. The castle, which has been identified as the Château de l ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a 14th century castle – complete with a moat – under a hotel in Vannes, France. The castle, which has been identified as the Château de l’ ...