Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 8, 2006 09:53
18 yrs ago
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French term
motte castrale
French to English
Art/Literary
Geography
Dans un guide touristique:
La commune recèle une belle *motte castrale* dite « le Tombeau du Gaulois ».
Thanks in advance for your ideas,
Jocelyne
La commune recèle une belle *motte castrale* dite « le Tombeau du Gaulois ».
Thanks in advance for your ideas,
Jocelyne
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | motte | Bourth (X) |
3 +3 | castle mound | Pierre POUSSIN |
Proposed translations
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motte
As in "motte and bailey", the earliest castles (Norman) consisting of a mound of earth, either thrown up or naturally occurring, atop which was built a wooden pallissade (bailey).
motte - A steep mound of earth surrounded by a ditch and surmounted by a timber stockade and tower; the main feature of a Norman castle.
[Dict. of Architecture and Construction]
I've never encountered "motte castrale", but France is dotted with "mottes féodales".
Of course the ditch of the motte has given us "moat". Strangely, "ditch" and "dyke" are similarly related.
412,000 ghits for "motte and bailey"
Above: drawing of a typical motte-and-bailey castle ... A simple definition might be that a ringwork is a motte-and-bailey without the motte, ...
www.castlewales.com/motte.html
Motte-and-bailey castles could be very quickly erected; according to records, ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey" ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey
Motte and bailey castles appeared in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Motte and bailey castles were a common feature in England by the death of ...
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ motte_and_bailey_castles.htm
I think a tourist guide is an ideal place to educate people by using words like "motte" and "bastle house".
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-03-08 10:43:46 GMT)
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Depending on the real age of the "motte", maybe.
The Saxons also fortified hilltops.
A multivallate hill-fort is defined as a fortified enclosure located on a hill ... No evidence suggesting that there might have been Saxon round houses were ...
cholesbury.com/fort.htm
Vexillation fort within Iron Age hill-fort (some items in British Museum) ...
www.athenapub.com/britmus1.htm
At the Norman Conquest, Salisbury again attracted the attention of the authorities, and the hill fort became a typical motte-and-bailey castle by 1070: in ...
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=193
In New Zealand it would be a "pa", a stockaded hilltop village.
motte - A steep mound of earth surrounded by a ditch and surmounted by a timber stockade and tower; the main feature of a Norman castle.
[Dict. of Architecture and Construction]
I've never encountered "motte castrale", but France is dotted with "mottes féodales".
Of course the ditch of the motte has given us "moat". Strangely, "ditch" and "dyke" are similarly related.
412,000 ghits for "motte and bailey"
Above: drawing of a typical motte-and-bailey castle ... A simple definition might be that a ringwork is a motte-and-bailey without the motte, ...
www.castlewales.com/motte.html
Motte-and-bailey castles could be very quickly erected; according to records, ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey" ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey
Motte and bailey castles appeared in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Motte and bailey castles were a common feature in England by the death of ...
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ motte_and_bailey_castles.htm
I think a tourist guide is an ideal place to educate people by using words like "motte" and "bastle house".
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-03-08 10:43:46 GMT)
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Depending on the real age of the "motte", maybe.
The Saxons also fortified hilltops.
A multivallate hill-fort is defined as a fortified enclosure located on a hill ... No evidence suggesting that there might have been Saxon round houses were ...
cholesbury.com/fort.htm
Vexillation fort within Iron Age hill-fort (some items in British Museum) ...
www.athenapub.com/britmus1.htm
At the Norman Conquest, Salisbury again attracted the attention of the authorities, and the hill fort became a typical motte-and-bailey castle by 1070: in ...
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=193
In New Zealand it would be a "pa", a stockaded hilltop village.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to both of you. I'm going to go with "motte"... Let's educate the tourists, as you say Bourth!"
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10 mins
castle mound
It is the remaining of the "mound" upon which the keep of a castle was built (such as in YORK, for instance), but I am not sure of the right translation.
Just to help!
Just to help!
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I don't think there is one exact translation, but for tourist purposes, I think this is ideal; as a place name, we'd probably say 'Castle Rise'
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Thanks again, Tony!
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IC --
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Michele Fauble
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