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Camps Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress located near Camps in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a substantial earthwork comprising a raised mound surrounded by defensive ditches, typical of early Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The castle represents an important example of post-Conquest Norman settlement and control in the East Anglian region, though little structural stonework survives above ground today. The earthworks remain substantially preserved and provide archaeological evidence of Norman defensive strategy during the medieval period.
Camps Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006884. View the official record →
Camps Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress located near Camps in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006884.
Camps Castle 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 1006884.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wincelow Hall moated site (4.2 km), Latchley's Farm moated site and fishponds (5.4 km), The Howses moated site (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camps Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Camps Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.