Definition: Norman castle in Wales of the motte and bailey type, built between 1070 and 1074 AD by Roger de Montgomery. A motte is a conical earthen mound on which the castle sat, the bailey is an outer earthen bank with a wooden palisade.

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Archaeology of Wales
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Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology
Archaeological studies of the dark and middle ages in Europe, and the flowering of the Renaissance. 

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