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Castle Hill is a motte and bailey castle situated approximately 900 metres north-north-east of All Saints Church in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises a substantial mound with an attached bailey, representing a typical Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. Such earthwork castles served as important instruments of feudal control during the post-Conquest period, functioning as both military strongholds and administrative centres for their lords. The surviving earthworks demonstrate the enduring physical legacy of Norman settlement and territorial organisation in this region of England.
Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle 900m NNE of All Saint's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009535. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a motte and bailey castle situated approximately 900 metres north-north-east of All Saints Church in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009535.
Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle 900m NNE of All Saint's Church 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 1009535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ascott House: remains of 16th and 17th century mansion, formal gardens and warren (0.7 km), Medieval settlement remains at Crafton (3.6 km), Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle 900m NNE of All Saint's Church'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, a motte and bailey castle 900m NNE of All Saint's Church stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.