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...

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...

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...

stone curtain walls around the inner bailey, destroying the former earthwork defences in the process. The inner bailey was levelled and William built...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

constable and remodelled the buildings along the eastern side of the inner bailey. A royal survey from 1609 documents the castle's improved condition,...

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...

in South Wales, which extends along the northern curtain wall of the inner bailey. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoardings (castles). Arrow slit...

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...

visible; inside view from to third-level surrounding outer bailey onto ramp to fourth-level inner bailey with sentry boxes visible; entrance view from dry moat...

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...

most of the supporting structures. The third bailey became a school grounds, and most of the inner bailey was given over to farmland. Today, only the moat...

within the ruins of the Roman fort. While the outermost walls date from the Roman period, the surviving buildings of the inner bailey post-date William....

inside the San-no-maru. They captured the ichi-no-maru (inner bailey) and the ni-no-maru (second bailey). In 1558, Rokkaku Yoshikata employed a team of ninja...

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...

buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. As a castle of the Welsh Marches, it was built on the border of Wales...

Castle Lane. The castle had a new barbican; an outer and an inner bailey, with the inner bailey in the south-east corner, protected by an internal ditch...

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...

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...

castle is still standing, surrounded by steep earthworks marking the inner bailey. The hall dates from about 1180–1190. The architectural historian Nikolaus...