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    The inner bailey or inner ward of a castle is the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle. It is protected by the outer ward and...
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    giving an outer bailey and inner bailey. Large castles may have two outer baileys; if in line they may form an outer and middle bailey. On the other hand...
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    and a large outer bailey. In the mid-13th century, Ludlow was passed on to Geoffrey de Geneville, who rebuilt part of the inner bailey, and the castle played...
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    stone curtain walls around the inner bailey, destroying the former earthwork defences in the process. The inner bailey was levelled and William built...
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    the inner bailey date mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries. They replaced the original wood and earth fortifications of the Norman inner bailey, which...
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    the French Ministry of Culture. The inner bailey is open to the public from March to November, and the outer baileys are open all year. Richard the Lionheart...
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    Robert Higham consider to be among the most impressive in Britain. In the inner bailey is the great keep, probably modelled on that of Norwich Castle. It features...
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    Frenchmen gained the outer bailey, it became obvious it could not be held. Those of the defenders who could flee back to the inner bailey prepared themselves...
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    An outer bailey or outer ward is the defended outer enclosure of a castle. It protects the inner bailey and usually contains those ancillary buildings...
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    it overlooked the Lower Pool. Kenilworth's inner court consists of a number of buildings set against a bailey wall, originally of Norman origin. It exploits...
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    inner ward or enclosure. There were two further enclosures: one to the west, and one that extended south (the outer bailey); in contrast to the inner...
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    constable and remodelled the buildings along the eastern side of the inner bailey. A royal survey from 1609 documents the castle's improved condition,...
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    by English Heritage. The walls of the outer bailey and the gatehouse and curtain walls of the inner bailey are recorded separately in the National Heritage...
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    chapel. This motte and bailey castle subsequently disappeared, with only the small, raised mound of the motte visible in the inner bailey today. The fate of...
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    castle was divided into two major areas: the Hommaru (Inner Bailey) and the Yamazato-Maru Bailey. Located within the Hommaru is the Main Tower, the Kimmeisui...
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    death. The walls of the inner bailey with its bergfried-like main tower and large sections of the walls of the outer bailey go back to this first construction...
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    Cardiff Castle (category Motte-and-bailey castles)
    responsible for rebuilding the northern and eastern walls of the inner bailey in stone. The inner bailey was reached through a gatehouse on the eastern side, protected...
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    similarly to a motte-and-bailey castle List of motte-and-bailey castles Motte-and-bailey fallacy Ringworks require an inner scarp, or sloping face; this...
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    front of the castle protruded north-to-south and had the main gate. The inner bailey was at the top of the hill measuring 100 by 50 meters, with a four-story...
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    actually constructed. The second bailey measured 500 meters on each side, and completely surrounded the inner bailey. Its outer walls were indented in...
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    tower, the Flag Tower. During the same century the stone gateway to the inner bailey was built. This is now known as the Agricola Tower and on its first floor...
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    with either a causeway or a drawbridge linking the inner to the outer bailey; the inner bailey was also sheltered by the curve of the Chilton. The castle...
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    inner bailey and three secondary enclosures to the west, north and east. The southern face of the castle was protected by a river. The inner bailey is...
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    motte-and-bailey design: its large outer and inner baileys were protected by earthworks and palisades, and a stone gatehouse was added to the inner bailey shortly...
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    typical Norman design the bailey would have been divided with a palisade into two parts, the outer and inner bailey. The inner bailey would have encompassed...
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    situated on the site of the medieval inn. To the east, on the way to the inner bailey, there is the landschreiberei that was the most important institution...
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    from the local beach, and featured a large keep with surrounding inner and outer baileys. It was used as a base by the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel...
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    was the inner bailey, surrounded by a 16-meter (52 ft) enceinte accessed by a staircase tower, both rebuilt around 1900. Within the inner bailey was a five-story...
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    the north and east, and a steep slope protects the south. The honmaru (inner bailey) is about 115 meters high and is a roughly square-shaped area 250 meters...
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    up to the drawbridge and through the inner gatehouse into the inner bailey. On the east side, the inner bailey is protected and has 7 buildings arranged...
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