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GCSE History · key term
An enclosed courtyard within a castle, containing buildings used by its occupants.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
The enclosed courtyard below the motte, containing buildings and space for people, animals and supplies.
Revise: Establishing ControlA motte-and-bailey castle joined a tower on a mound to a defended courtyard below it. The following illustration shows the arrangement of a typical example, not a particular surviving castle.
Paper 3
An enclosed castle courtyard containing buildings and protected by walls or earthworks.
Revise: Key Features and Defensive Layout of Kenilworth CastleA bailey is a defended courtyard containing castle buildings. In a motte-and-bailey castle, this courtyard adjoins an artificial mound, the motte, which supports a tower, usually of timber in an early castle. This is a useful layout to recognise, but a castle standing on a natural hill is not automatically a motte-and-bailey castle.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A defended enclosure beside a castle’s motte.
Revise: FortificationsTwo important forms were motte-and-bailey castles and ringworks.
A defended castle enclosure containing buildings such as barracks, kitchens and stables.
An enclosed courtyard within a castle's defences.
Treat an early motte-and-bailey at Kenilworth as a disputed interpretation, not an established phase with a known layout.
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