Castles in Lancashire - Lancaster Castle, List of Castles in Greater Manchester, Livlancaster Castle, List of Castles in Greater Manchester, Liverpool Castle, Bury Castle, Clitheroe Castle Erpool Castle, Bury Castle, Clitheroe Castle (Paperback)

Chapters: Lancaster Castle, List of Castles in Greater Manchester, Liverpool Castle, Bury Castle, Clitheroe Castle, Rochdale Castle, Greenhalgh Castle, Hornby Castle, Lancashire, Penwortham Castle. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: There are nine castles in Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. They consist of four motte-and-baileys, three fortified manor houses, a ringwork, and a possible shell keep. A motte-and-bailey castle has two elements, the motte is an artificial conical mound with a wooden stockade and stronghold on top, usually a stone keep or tower. A bailey is a defended enclosure below the motte, surrounded by a ditch. Motte-and-bailey castles were the most common type of castle in England following the Norman Conquest. Ringworks are similar to motte-and-baileys although lack the characteristic motte; they are an uncommon form of fortification though contemporary with motte-and-baileys a ringwork may have been built rather than a motte-and-bailey because the soil was too thin to provide a proper motte. A shell keep was a motte with a stone wall rather than a wooden stockade on top; there would have been no tower within the walls. Four of Greater Manchester's castles are Scheduled Ancient Monuments: Buckton, Bury, Radcliffe Tower, and Watch Hill. A Scheduled Ancient Monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The purpose of a castle was not simply militaristic, but was also considered to be a stamp of authority over the population of an area and a status symbol. Some would have acted as centres of trade and administration for a manor. The earliest castles in Greater Manchester are Dunham and Watch Hill in Trafford, Ullerwood i...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1586650