motte
motte
Definition
☆ motte or mott (mät)
motte
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- build: However, building a motte was a skilled achievement.
- have: They differ from motte and bailey castles because they do not have a motte.
- call: In these castles, there was a fortified building ( the castle ) on top of a man-made hill called a motte.
- construct: In the 1080s, the Normans reoccupied a Roman fort and constructed a motte here.
- surround: Admire this truly impressive ancient large motte surrounded by it's circular shell keep.
- suppose: Intriguingly, this avenue aligns upon the supposed motte at Droughduil, immediately to the south of the complex.
Adjective modifier
- medieval: The mound is known as Droughduil Mote, and has been recorded as a medieval motte.
- ancient: Admire this truly impressive ancient large motte surrounded by it's circular shell keep.
- early: This castle stands on the site of an earlier ring motte.
- original: There has been much confusion over the years as to where this original motte and bailey castle actually stood.
- large: East of the town is an exceptionally large motte, about 135 feet high.
- first: The first recorded motte in England was in 1051 when French castle builders were building one for the English king in Hereford.
Modifies a noun
- castle: Dating from the 11th century, the timber motte castle at Alnwick was reconstructed of stone during the early part of the 12th century.
Noun used with modifier
- century: The monument comprises two areas which include the remains of a large Iron Age univallate hillfort and a twelfth century motte and bailey castle.
- castle: Bury Mount, the castle motte in Moat Lane, was probably built by the Normans in the 11th century.
- timber: Dating from the 11th century, the timber motte castle at Alnwick was reconstructed of stone during the early part of the 12th century.
- earthwork: The railroad charged motorists 1p to cross the Lune Halton Castle is an earthwork motte and bailey.
- ring: This castle stands on the site of an earlier ring motte.
- earth: It also badly damaged the earth motte near today's High Street on which the castle had been built in 1160.
