ocr: they had more time, they usuelyreplaced the wall with a wood or stone tower, celled a keep. Acastie needed room for stores and for extra people and their animals in times of danger. So. next to the motte was a big yard or bailey. Rourd te: whole castle WaS: 9 deep ditch, Diten filled with water,. a inoat. Buiding these motte-and-bailey casties was hard work, and grumibling, resentful English viilagers did most ofit Normans and English Before 1066, England had beer in close touch with Normandy; Edward the Confessor was half Norman. Alter 1066, English custors ard iaws cid not disappear; William ...