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Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm

England
List entry 1019173
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019173
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.21 hectares
Grid reference
TF 47673 69809
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a motte castle situated approximately 250 metres east of Hanby Hall Farm in Lincolnshire, England. The monument comprises an earthwork motte, typical of Norman fortifications constructed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries following the conquest of 1066. The castle represents the strategic military architecture employed by Norman lords to control and defend their newly acquired English territories during the early medieval period.

Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019173. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm?

Castle Hill is a motte castle situated approximately 250 metres east of Hanby Hall Farm in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019173.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm?

Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm 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 1019173.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Manor Farm moated site (3 km), Neolithic long barrow and Iron Age enclosure north of Grebby Hall (3.9 km), Bratoft Hall moated site, 550m north of Manor Farm (4.4 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Manor Farm moated site
3 km
Neolithic long barrow and Iron Age enclosure north of Grebby Hall
3.9 km
Bratoft Hall moated site, 550m north of Manor Farm
4.4 km
Giants' Hill II, a Neolithic long barrow 400m WNW of Skendleby Lodge Farm
4.9 km
Giants' Hill I, a Neolithic long barrow 575m north-west of Skendleby Lodge Farm
5 km
Long Barrow North of Thorpe Farm and adjacent Round Barrow
5.1 km
Giants' Hill III, a Neolithic long barrow 750m north-west of Skendleby Lodge Farm
5.1 km
Cock Hill, Saxon burial mound
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm

Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm

Battle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~10.2 miles
Domesday entry for Hanby, Lincolnshire →
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