Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …is also known as “Motte Castrale (IXième siècle)”
  • Description: fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Notre-Dame-de-Septembre and Église de l’Assomption de Monteils.
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km north of Motte-and-bailey castle.
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is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Motte-and-bailey castle.
WCOMFR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Motte-and-bailey castle.

Motte-and-bailey castle

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Latitude
43.91845° or 43° 55′ 6″ north
Longitude
2.6254° or 2° 37′ 31″ east
Open location code
8FM4WJ9G+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13153157252
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q92062

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Motte-and-bailey castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة موتي وبيلي”
  • Azerbaijani: “mott və beyli”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mott və beyli”
  • Basque: “mendi-kasko”
  • Basque: “Mendi-kasko”
  • Belarusian: “курганна-частакольны замак”
  • Belarusian: “мотэ”
  • Belarusian: “Мотэ”
  • Belarusian: “плесі”
  • Breton: “moudenn-gastell”
  • Breton: “Moudenn-gastell”
  • Bulgarian: “мот и бейли”
  • Bulgarian: “Мот и бейли”
  • Catalan: “castell de mota i pati”
  • Catalan: “Castell de mota i pati”
  • Chinese: “城墙要塞”
  • Chinese: “城寨城堡”
  • Chinese: “城牆要塞”
  • Czech: “motta”
  • Czech: “motte”
  • Czech: “Motte”
  • Czech: “výšinný hrádek”
  • Danish: “Motte-and-bailey”
  • Dutch: “mottekasteel”
  • Dutch: “Mottekasteel”
  • Esperanto: “kastela teramaso”
  • Esperanto: “Kastela teramaso”
  • French: “motte castrale”
  • French: “Motte castrale”
  • French: “motte féodale”
  • French: “poipe”
  • French: “poype”
  • French: “truque”
  • Galician: “castelo de mota”
  • Galician: “Castelo de mota”
  • German: “Erdhügelburg”
  • German: “Erdkegelburg”
  • German: “Hausberg (Burg)”
  • German: “Motte”
  • German: “Turmhügel”
  • German: “Turmhügelburg”
  • Greek: “κάστρο με ακρόπυργο και περίβολο”
  • Hungarian: “földhalomvár”
  • Hungarian: “motte”
  • Hungarian: “Motte”
  • Irish: “móta agus bábhún”
  • Irish: “Móta agus bábhún”
  • Italian: “motta castrale”
  • Italian: “Motta castrale”
  • Italian: “motta e bailey”
  • Italian: “motte-and-bailey castle”
  • Italian: “motte-and-bailey”
  • Japanese: “モット・アンド・ベーリー”
  • Japanese: “モット・アンド・ベイリー”
  • Japanese: “モット＝アンド＝ベーリー”
  • Japanese: “モット＝アンド＝ベイリー”
  • Latin: “castellum mota et baillio munitum”
  • Latin: “Castellum mota et baillio munitum”
  • Limburgan: “motte”
  • Limburgan: “Motte”
  • Low German: “motte”
  • Low German: “Motte”
  • Malayalam: “മോറ്റ് ആൻഡ് ബെയ്ലി കോട്ട”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “motte-and-bailey”
  • Norwegian: “Motte-and-bailey”
  • Persian: “قلعه تپه‌وحصار”
  • Persian: “قلعه تپه‌وحیاط”
  • Polish: “rezydencja rycerska typu motte”
  • Polish: “Rezydencja rycerska typu motte”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de mota”
  • Portuguese: “castelo motte and bailey”
  • Russian: “дворовый замок”
  • Russian: “замок с двором”
  • Russian: “курганно-палисадный замок”
  • Russian: “мотт и бейли”
  • Russian: “мотт-и-бейли”
  • Russian: “Мотт-и-бейли”
  • Serbian: “замак са насипом и двориштем”
  • Serbian: “Замак са насипом и двориштем”
  • Slovenian: “mota”
  • Slovenian: “Mota”
  • Spanish: “castillo de colina artificial”
  • Spanish: “castillo de empalizada y mota”
  • Spanish: “castillo de mota y albacara”
  • Spanish: “castillo de mota y patio”
  • Spanish: “castillo de mota”
  • Spanish: “castillo de terraplén”
  • Spanish: “fortificación de mota”
  • Spanish: “fortificación de terraplén”
  • Spanish: “mota (castellología)”
  • Spanish: “mota castral”
  • Spanish: “Mota castral”
  • Spanish: “mota feudal”
  • Spanish: “mota”
  • Swedish: “motteborg”
  • Swedish: “Motteborg”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทเนิน”
  • Turkish: “Motte ve bailey şatosu”
  • Turkish: “set ve hendek kalesi”
  • Turkish: “set-hendek kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “мот та бейлі”
  • Ukrainian: “мот-і-бейлі”
  • Ukrainian: “Мот-і-бейлі”
  • Vlaams: “Motte (heuvel)”
  • Vlaams: “Motte”
  • Welsh: “castell mwnt a beili”
  • Welsh: “Castell mwnt a beili”
  • Welsh: “mwnt a beili”

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