- A
ringwork is a form of
fortified defensive structure,
usually circular or oval in shape.
Ringworks are
essentially motte-and-bailey
castles without the...
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ringwork castle,
involving a
palisade being built on top of a
raised earth rampart,
protected by a ditch. The
choice of
motte and
bailey or
ringwork was...
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Court ringwork is a small, well-preserved
medieval fortification located in Cholesbury-****-St Leonards, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Ringworks are relatively...
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remains (earthworks) of
Fordhall castle, a
scheduled Norman ringwork-and-bailey castle. The
ringwork was
first noted as
recently as 1950,
although the name...
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largest in
Great Britain. The old
parish church, St Mary's, and a
small ringwork,
almost certainly a
medieval castle site
probably contemporary with the...
- The Orensberg, also
known in the
region as the Orensfels(en) due to the
striking rock
formations on its
summit plateau, is a hill, 581.2 m above sea level...
- The
ringwork on the Schießberg (German:
Ringwall Schießberg) is a, now levelled,
early medieval hillfort situated at a
height of 422 m above sea level...
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Simpler defensive walls of
earth or stone,
thrown up
around hillforts,
ringworks,
early castles and the like, tend to be
referred to as
ramparts or banks...
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Framlingham Castle Castle 1213
Mostly complete An
early motte and
bailey or
ringwork Norman castle was
built in 1148, then destro**** in the
revolt of 1173–4...
- England. The
first castle in Thetford, a
probable 11th-century
Norman ringwork called Red Castle, was
replaced in the 12th
century by a much
larger motte...
