A new lakeside nature reserve that includes the remains of a Norman castle is opening to the public. Clophill Lakes in Bedfordshire is managed by environmental charity The Greensand Trust, which said ...

"The building features sandstone walls beneath a pitched slate and lead roof [and] the 12th-century motte and bailey castle also comes complete with a Norman keep, a 13th-century round tower ...

There are many examples of Norman Motte-and-Bailey castles up and down the country, but few are quite as impressive as Brinklow Castle. It boasts an imposing motte, at 15 metres high. Yet ...

Work is about to begin to restore a historic mound where a castle once stood 800 years ago. Missing stones will be replaced on the motte wall of ... "A ruthless Norman mercenary, Faulke de ...

When the castle was still a motte and bailey, the houses here would have been built of wattle and daub. When the alarm bell was rung the people would run to the castle for safety. Walk down the ...