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the french built a motte and baily castle for the english king in Hereford. However, the French were unpopular with the local population and the French builders left without anything amayzing being built.
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after the battle of hastings william moved to dover and created a motte and bailey castle to protect his men. this feat only took him eight days.
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after rebelion from norman subjects william built castles in Exeter, Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Cambridge and York to show his power.
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after a year williams castle in york was burnt down to the ground due to its poor defence.
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the building of motte and bailey castles stopped and people moved on to makking stone keeps. over the time span it is estimated that 600 were made.
