A ringwork is a form of fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape. Ringworks are essentially motte-and-bailey castles without the...

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...

Court ringwork is a small, well-preserved medieval fortification located in Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, in Buckinghamshire, England. Ringworks are relatively...

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...

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...

south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales. The walls were rebuilt in stone...

of England as one of the new administrative areas. De Lacy built a huge ringwork castle defended by a stout double palisade and external ditch on top of...

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...

are of the ringwork. Ringworks are a small fortified area, usually with a ditch, bank and palisade. There are only 200 recorded ringworks in England....

through a natural spur westward into the Colne Valley in order to form a ringwork and inner bailey; an outer bailey extended south further into the valley...

Jordan's Castle is a former fortified manor house site and possible ringwork castle, located near Wellow, Nottinghamshire, England. Originally owned by...

(404297)". Coflein. RCAHMW. "Castell Bryn Gwyn, Neolithic Henge and Later Ringwork (93836)". Coflein. RCAHMW. "Gnaeus Julius Agricola Governor of Britannia"...

England. Culverhay Castle was built in a ringwork design in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset. The ringwork ditch and bank, up to 5 feet (1.5 m) deep...

independent defensive structures. These simple fortifications were called ringworks. The enceinte was the castle's main defensive enclosure, and the terms...

Rath Turtle Moat is a ringwork and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland. Rath Turtle Moat is located in Glen Ding Wood, 1.6 km (0.99 mi)...

which involved replacing the wooden keep on a motte, or the palisade on a ringwork, with a circular stone wall. Shell keeps were sometimes further protected...

Most castles took the form of earthwork and timber motte-and-bailey or ringwork constructs; easily built with local labour and resources, these were resilient...

Framlingham Castle Castle 1213 Mostly complete An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built in 1148, then destroyed in the revolt of 1173–4...

Mountfitchet Castle, also termed simply Mountfitchet Castle, is a Norman ringwork and bailey fortification in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. The...

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...

remains (earthworks) of Fordhall castle, a scheduled Norman ringwork-and-bailey castle. The ringwork was first noted as recently as 1950, although the name...

12th century, a new fortification was built, taking the form of an earth ringwork with a stone gate-tower. It was re-enforced in stone around 1200 with a...

while locals call it The Battlefield. The scheduled monument consists of a ringwork and bailey 100 metres (330 ft) west of Kentend Farm. The castle was founded...

market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroyed...

Peel tower Portcullis Postern Powder tower Qalat Reduit Ribat Ricetto Ringwork Roundel Quadrangular castle Shell keep Shield wall Shiro Toll castle Tower...

Bath, both important lines of communication for the Normans. The circular ringwork is 120 feet (37 m) in diameter and stands on the northern slope of Roddenbury...

attempts to reinstate the club failed. Castell Cadwgan, a 12th-century ringwork fortification around a probable wooden structure, was by the shore at Aberaeron...

It is surrounded by a stone-walled fort consisting of a blockhouse and ringwork. The blockhouse is a free-standing drystone gateway set just within the...

castle was the caput baroniae of the barony of Weedon or Weedon Pinkeney. A ringwork castle was constructed around the late 11th century by Ghilo of Picquigni...

Harewood, in the parish of Weeton, North Yorkshire, England, is a ruined ringwork castle, now largely hidden within over-grown woodland, located to the south...