Bailey

Bailey

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled, often forced labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales following their invasion in 1066. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, the Low Countries and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries.

The Motte and Bailey castle fortification re developed on Nilfeheim and were the form of the first Castle frotifications built by Nilfeheim colonists. There weren't many well trained stone cutters and stone masons at the befginning. The Bailey remained a popular part of modern Nilfeheim Castles[1] even today. [1] On Nilfeheim Castles are called Burgs