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Castle Hill

England
List entry 1007127
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007127
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.75 hectares
Grid reference
SD 25772 77750
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Lancashire, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The site comprises a substantial earthwork consisting of a raised mound with an associated bailey, representing a typical early Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. The castle's strategic positioning reflects the Norman colonisation of northern England and the establishment of defensive strongholds across the region during this transformative period. Though now surviving only as earthworks, Castle Hill remains an important archaeological monument testament to the Norman settlement and military organisation of medieval Lancashire.

Castle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007127. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill?

Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Lancashire, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007127.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill?

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 1007127.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (4.7 km), Dalton Castle (4.9 km), Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common (5.1 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Castle Hill

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:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank
4.7 km
Dalton Castle
4.9 km
Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common
5.1 km
Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm
5.6 km
Lime kiln 100m east of Scales Green Farm
5.8 km
Lime kiln 320m south east of Scales Green Farm
6 km
Enclosure castle known as Gleaston Castle
6.3 km
Lime kiln and associated lime shed 680m south east of Scales Green Farm
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill

Castle Hill stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Pennington, Yorkshire →
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