Part of the Forts.im network
A small family of hand-built, fact-checked sites about forts, walls and castles.
- More forts at Forts.im: the hub, with every Forts.im site in one place.
- motte-and-bailey.forts.im: you are here.
The network is made by ReallyByte (REALLYBYTE, Isle of Man); you’ll find motte-and-bailey castle printables and books in our shop.
Not affiliated with English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland, Historic England, The National Archives, the Bayeux Museum, Britannica or any museum. Their names, and the names of the castles they look after, are used only to identify the places and sources discussed. All pictures are our own simplified drawings: not reconstructions, not scale plans, and not copied from any site plan or from the Bayeux Tapestry.