The first motte and bailey castle was created in the 11 century, more specifically in 1066, England, after the Norman conquest. Supposedly the Normans built about 1000 motte and bailey castles in England. The whole facility considered of a motte, or a giant mound, the keep, and a flat land surface, known as the bailey. The mound had tremendously steep walls anywhere from 25 feet to 80 feet tall. The motte is where the lords lived in their castle. The steep walls were a form of protection for the lords and their families because in case of an attack it would be nearly impossible for an attacker to make it up the walls fast enough to avoid confrontation with the lord’s soldiers. There was also a large hole circling around the motto for an extra