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Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, and represents a significant example of Norman military architecture from the eleventh century. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork consisting of a raised mound or motte with an adjoining bailey, typical of the defensive fortifications erected in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The site demonstrates the strategic importance of the location and the methods employed by the Norman nobility to establish control over the Yorkshire landscape during the post-Conquest period.
Castle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003267. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, and represents a significant example of Norman military architecture from the eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003267.
Castle Hill 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 1003267.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Hill castle mound and bailey (3.9 km), Whorlton Castle: a motte and bailey and tower house with associated garden, earthworks, ponds, park pale, field system, deserted village and church (8.1 km), Promontory fort on Live Moor (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hill'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 Hill stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.