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La Grande-Motte
... La Grande-Motte is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France ... La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architecture, the most visible are the buildings in the shape of a pyramid ...

Arboretum Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
... The Arboretum Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is the arboretum located along a botanical path in Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France ...

La Motte, Quebec - Toponymy
... In the Abitibi area, four namesake "La Motte" are used in relation to the village of La Motte La Motte Township, the municipality of La Motte, La Motte lake (formed by a widening of the Harricana River) and the Bay ...

List Of Castles In Greater Manchester
... They consist of four motte-and-baileys, three fortified manor houses, a ringwork, and a possible shell keep ... A motte-and-bailey castle has two elements, the motte is an artificial conical mound with a wooden stockade and stronghold on top, usually a stone keep or tower ... A bailey is a defended enclosure below the motte, surrounded by a ditch ...

List Of Castles In Cheshire
... The most common is the motte-and-bailey which consists of a motte (a mound) – surmounted by a keep or tower – connected to a bailey, an outer enclosure where the barracks and ... Ringworks are similar to motte-and-bailey castles but lack the motte although contemporary with motte-and-baileys, they are an uncommon form of fortification ... A ringwork may have been built rather than a motte-and-bailey because the soil was too thin to provide a proper motte or simply because of the preference of the builder ...