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Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks

England
List entry 1019067
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019067
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.15 hectares
Grid reference
TF 42721 82142
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a moated site located in Lincolnshire, England, which preserves evidence of medieval occupation alongside later military engineering. The site retains substantial earthwork remains of a moat, indicative of a high-status medieval settlement, likely dating from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. During the English Civil War, the location was modified with additional earthworks for military purposes, reflecting its strategic value during the seventeenth-century conflict. The site thus demonstrates successive phases of fortification and occupation across more than five centuries of English history.

Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019067. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks?

Castle Hill is a moated site located in Lincolnshire, England, which preserves evidence of medieval occupation alongside later military engineering. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019067.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks?

Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks 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 1019067.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of St Mary's Priory, Greenfield (4.2 km), Churchyard cross, Holy Trinity churchyard (6.7 km), Long barrow and truncated long barrow west of White Pit (7.1 km).

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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

Site of St Mary's Priory, Greenfield
4.2 km
Churchyard cross, Holy Trinity churchyard
6.7 km
Long barrow and truncated long barrow west of White Pit
7.1 km
Neolithic long barrow in Beacon Plantation
7.1 km
Long barrow 800m north west of Calceby
7.4 km
Long barrow 500m NNW of Ulceby Lodge
7.5 km
Moated site 170m north east of Brook Farm
9.8 km
Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks

Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks

Battle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~11 miles
Domesday entry for Withern, Lincolnshire →
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