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Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Sussex, England, representing a typical Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. The earthwork comprises a substantial mound surrounded by defensive ditches and bailey works, demonstrating the standard defensive design employed during the early Norman period in England. The site exemplifies the rapid fortification of the English landscape following the Norman Conquest of 1066, when such earthen strongholds served as centres of lordly authority and military control. Though no substantial stone structures survive, the preserved earthworks remain a significant archaeological record of Norman settlement and feudal organisation in the Sussex region.
Castle Hill earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002286. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Sussex, England, representing a typical Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002286.
Castle Hill earthwork 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 1002286.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heathy Brow round barrows (2.4 km), Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom (3 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hill earthwork'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 earthwork stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.