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Castle Hill motte is a Norman fortification located in Staffordshire, England, comprising an earthwork mound typical of eleventh and twelfth century military architecture. The motte survives as a prominent artificial hill, a form of defensive structure widely established across England following the Norman Conquest. The site represents the early medieval period of castle construction, when such earthwork fortifications served as focal points for territorial control and administrative authority. As a scheduled monument, Castle Hill motte remains an important archaeological record of Norman settlement patterns and feudal military organisation in the English Midlands.
Castle Hill motte is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011071. View the official record →
Castle Hill motte is a Norman fortification located in Staffordshire, England, comprising an earthwork mound typical of eleventh and twelfth century military architecture. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011071.
Castle Hill motte 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 1011071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Springwood blast furnace (2.4 km), Heighley Castle (5 km), Motte and bailey castle 100m and 200m south of St Mary's School (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hill motte'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 motte stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.