#medievalmonday — Public Fediverse posts

#MotteMonday & something i'd been meaning to check out since forever: the ringwork at Old Basing, just on the edge of Basingstoke
Date of construction not certain, possibly late c11 or early c12

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#MotteMonday with the Motte & Bailey at Halton, just north east of Lancaster
Date it was constructed unclear, possibly 1092 under Roger de Poitou

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#MotteMonday with Castle Mound, Cambridge
one of three castles built across the east of England in late 1068 by William the Conqueror

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Oxford Castle & its Motte , built by the Norman baron Robert D'Oyly from 1071 to 1073

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#MotteMonday with Lewes Castle standing out at the top of the town

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For #MedievalMonday here’s the 13th Century South West Gatehouse at Corfe Castle, leading from the outer Bailey to the West Bailey.
Worn grooves in the paving show extensive use (presumably by cart wheels), and the difference, or offset, in height of the towers/gateway arch show the extent of explosives used to destroy the castle in the 17th Century #Dorset #MotteMonday #Archaeology #Heritage #Medieval