"motte and bailey dimensions" Topic

Can some one direct me to sites where I can find the dimensions of motte and bailey castles. I want to model one for a demo game but want to model this on existing dimensions.

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May be able to find more for you later …

They varied a LOT. Smallest would be c. fifty feet across for the bailey, and a motte with a top even smaller. And then the "giants", several hundred feet across, with a motte holding an actual keep (first of wood, later of stone), with rooms and its own walled yard, c. a hundred feet across or more.

Here's a nice little pic of one that shows the typical size relationship between motte and bailey. picture

I live in Tonbridge and would say the pictures on the local school site are about right.

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Have a look at the kids climbing the motte in the fourth photo down for an idea of scale. It really is very steep.

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Thanks far the answers

far=for

Hello again,
I've just got in from my mates house who lives right by the castle. Anyhow, from pacing it out the motte is about 70 yards diameter, from my 6 foot mate standing at the foot and looking from the other side of the bailley it is about 25 yards high. The flat bit on top is about 15 yards diameter. I have read somewhere, or been told, it is roughly 50 000 tons of mud, that the previous residents of Tonbridge had to shift to make it. I don't know how reliable that is, or how typical Tonbridge is.

For me to direct you to the site I would need to know what direction you are coming from!

Twig66
I'm from the Netherlands so it's a little bit far to come over :-)
But thanks for the measurements, great help.