When walking the dog

ha, when out with a dog walking the humans we came across this dwelling, what character. Possibly someone is squatting here, we didn't see any evidence although not looking for it.

We three had leapt into the van with the dog lying on the floor perfectly happy and a few mixtures later out again for a walk around a Motte and Bailey and surrounding area. The above was built next to the mound, all that is left of the M and B. The dog loves it here and a good place for our first venture out with him. He was off rummaging in the leaves and grass his back legs kicking and then a hurtle back for a treat and off again. He isn't good on the road, doesn't like the traffic hence the short drive to his place of sniffing, peeing, galloping and hiding.

The building above was possibly a priory at some time. I looked on line but couldn't find the info however a little bit about a Motte and Bailey.

From the Internet:
motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled, often forced, labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales following their invasion in 1066. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, the Low Countries and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries.