Instead, she perplexingly makes the case that the entire hill on which the inner bailey stands is amotte.
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Though the site is overgrown, themottesurvives to a height of nearly four metres.
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Academic work does not take place in a vacuum and the 'mottequestion' was no exception.
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Surely it would make more sense to argue that the site was substantially different from othermotte-and-baileys and therefore could possibly represent the site of the 'king's stronghold'?
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It discovered amotteand bailey castle.
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Themottetoday is 13.5m wide, up to 7.5m high and is surrounded by a 1.25m deep ditch.
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The ruins stand on an earliermotteand bailey earthwork.
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Amotteand bailey design, the castle was surrounded by extensive protective earthworks and a deer park for hunting.
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Less than a mile to the north of this site are the earthwork remains of a medievalmotte.
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Near to the church are the earthwork remains of amotteand bailey castle.
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A castle with earthen ramparts, amotte, and timber defences and buildings could have been constructed by an unskilled workforce.
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A manmade hillock that still stands on thismottemay once have been topped by a defensive tower.
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There is no visible stonework on the largemotte.
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It is situated on the scheduled site of amotteand bailey castle and a later moated manor house.
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The castle formed amotte, 78 ft by 68 ft across, protected by a stream that flowed around themotteto produce a moat.
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