Daily Medieval

The earliest settlement in Salisbury was Old Sarum, and by "earliest" we mean starting at c.3000BCE. Around 400BCE a hill fort was...

"High above the river Thames and on the edge of a Saxon hunting ground" William of Normandy built a motte-and-bailey structure fro...

Norman cathedral design wasn't the only architectural style introduced into England after 1066. The fortification style called motte-an...