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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… as a barrow (1st ed. 1 in. OS map (1834)) or as a motte (Pevsner, Northamptonshire (1961), 135). From its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… county council 34 and remained so in 1974. The surviving motte of the Norman castle is c. 250 ft. in diameter at its … castle's development, but if so was soon replaced by the motte and its tower. The bailey was presumably surrounded by … In 1142 the main features of the castle were still the motte with its tower, and St. George's tower. 37 The castle …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… View over Castle Cary from above the site of the Norman motte and bailey castle, which had inner and outer baileys. … lords of the manor. 13 Castle and Manorial Buildings The motte and bailey castle was probably built in the early 12th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… but the existence of the remains of what was undoubtedly a motte and bailey castle 59 and references to the existence of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… patterns of faces, etc. ConditionGood. Secular a(2). Motte and bailey at Castle Farm and 350 yards E. of the church. The Motte is some 60 yards in diameter at the base, and rises … of the bailey. Running along the hillside, S.W. of the Motte, is a sunken way partly protected by a rampart on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… platforms of (a) and the strength of its ditch suggest a 'motte' rather than a moated manor house. The principal …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… in the town of Ostend. who, at the last attempt by La Motte and Stanley, was a principal man there, and ever since …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… cum viderim ilium familiarissimum fuisse domino la Motte, et etiam post paucos dies reversum in patriam. Ut … et insule ut provisionem facerent pro itinere. Dominus la Motte magnam facit prparationem cum suis instrumentis …