0 a small hill in the centre of a castle, on which a fort (= a military building designed to be defended from attack) is built
Instead, she perplexingly makes the case that the entire hill on which the inner bailey stands is a motte.
Though the site is overgrown, the motte survives to a height of nearly four metres.
Academic work does not take place in a vacuum and the 'motte question' was no exception.
Surely it would make more sense to argue that the site was substantially different from other motte-and-baileys and therefore could possibly represent the site of the 'king's stronghold'?
It discovered a motte and bailey castle.
The motte today is 13.5m wide, up to 7.5m high and is surrounded by a 1.25m deep ditch.
The ruins stand on an earlier motte and bailey earthwork.
A motte and bailey design, the castle was surrounded by extensive protective earthworks and a deer park for hunting.
