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Castle Hall Hill is a motte and bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Norman period following the Conquest of 1066. The monument comprises a substantial earthen mound, characteristic of early Norman fortification, with associated bailey defences that would have accommodated timber or stone structures. Such castles served as instruments of Norman territorial control and defence during the turbulent decades of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The site remains an important archaeological record of early medieval military architecture and settlement patterns in northern England.
Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009929. View the official record →
Castle Hall Hill is a motte and bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Norman period following the Conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009929.
Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey 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 1009929.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park (3.9 km), Kirklees Priory, medieval nunnery (4 km), Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey 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.
Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.