Visual Timeline: Motte and Bailey Castle

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1066 CE: The Normans introduce motte and bailey castles to Britain.
 
1068 CE: A motte and bailey castle is built at York, England.
 
1068 CE: A motte and bailey castle is built at Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
 
1069 CE: A second motte and bailey castle is built at York, England.
 
1070 CE: The Normans build the motte and bailey Pickering Castle, Yorkshire, England.
 
 
1070 CE: William the Conqueror builds a motte and bailey castle at Windsor.
 
1080 CE: A motte and bailey castle is built at Launceston, Cornwall, England.
 
1080 CE: A motte and bailey castle is built at Totnes, Devon, England.
 
 
1093 CE: A motte and bailey castle is built at Caernarfon in Wales by the Normans.
 
1100 CE: The motte and bailey Restormel Castle, Cornwall, England is built.
 
1245 CE: Clifford's Tower shell keep is built at York, England on the site of a former motte and bailey castle.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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