© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Benington Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located west of Church Green in Hertfordshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The monument comprises an earthen mound with an associated bailey, representing a typical early medieval defensive work of the kind erected across England in the decades after the Norman invasion. The castle exemplifies the strategic importance placed upon fortified settlements in the post-conquest landscape, though it was superseded in later centuries by more substantial stone structures. The site remains a significant archaeological testimony to early Norman settlement and military organisation in Hertfordshire.
Benington Castle: a motte and bailey castle west of Church Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007844. View the official record →
Benington Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located west of Church Green in Hertfordshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007844.
Benington Castle: a motte and bailey castle west of Church Green is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Walkern Bury ringwork (2.6 km), Earthworks in Boxwood (3.6 km), Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor Green (4.4 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Benington Castle: a motte and bailey castle west of Church Green