Editing Castle (section)

===Bailey and enceinte===
{{see also|Enceinte|Inner bailey|Outer bailey}}
[[File:Raseborg 06042008 Innenhof 01.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|A courtyard of the 14th-century [[Raseborg Castle]] in [[Finland]]]]
A bailey, also called a ward, was a fortified enclosure. It was a common feature of castles, and most had at least one.<ref name=":0" /> The keep on top of the motte was the domicile of the lord in charge of the castle and a bastion of last defence, while the bailey was the home of the rest of the lord's household and gave them protection. The barracks for the garrison, stables, workshops, and storage facilities were often found in the bailey. Water was supplied by a [[Water well|well]] or [[cistern]]. Over time the focus of high status accommodation shifted from the keep to the bailey; this resulted in the creation of another bailey that separated the high status buildings&nbsp;– such as the lord's chambers and the chapel&nbsp;– from the everyday structures such as the workshops and barracks.<ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Friar|2003|p=22}}</ref>

From the late 12th&nbsp;century there was a trend for knights to move out of the small houses they had previously occupied within the bailey to live in fortified houses in the countryside.<ref>{{harvnb|Barthélemy|1988|pp=408–410, 412–414}}</ref> Although often associated with the motte-and-bailey type of castle, baileys could also be found as independent defensive structures. These simple fortifications were called [[ringwork]]s.<ref>{{harvnb|Friar|2003|pp=214, 216}}</ref> The enceinte was the castle's main defensive enclosure, and the terms "bailey" and "enceinte" are linked. A castle could have several baileys but only one enceinte. Castles with no keep, which relied on their outer defences for protection, are sometimes called enceinte castles;<ref>{{harvnb|Friar|2003|p=105}}</ref> these were the earliest form of castles, before the keep was introduced in the 10th&nbsp;century.<ref>{{harvnb|Barthélemy|1988|p=399}}</ref>