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Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Devon, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The site comprises a substantial earthwork featuring a raised mound with an encircling ditch, typical of early Norman fortifications constructed in the decades after the Conquest. The castle represents an important example of the rapid militarisation of the English landscape during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when such fortified strongholds served as instruments of Norman control and administration. Though no substantial stone structures remain visible, the earthwork preserves evidence of the defensive strategies and settlement patterns characteristic of post-Conquest Devon.
Castle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017477. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Devon, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017477.
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 1017477.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down (6.1 km), Bowl barrow 100m south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (6.6 km), Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (6.7 km).
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