The 'motte' is a raised mound of earth crowned with a simple wooden tower, while the bailey is a larger area enclosed by a palisade of logs with a ditch outside. Sometimes the wooden components are 'pre-fabricated' off-site and brought with an army for rapid construction. Oddly, the word 'motte' eventually became 'moat', the deep trench around a castle rather than the man-made hill itself.
城寨其實是選擇略微凸出地面的山丘,在上面設置簡易防禦木塔,周圍再圍上木柵加挖壕溝,如此建設而成。有時城寨木製結構部分為它處事先預制,由軍隊攜至當地以提高建設效率。城寨的概念,後演化為壕溝————圍繞城堡的深深地塹,而非最初那種簡易丘陵防禦基地。 |