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Castle Hill motte is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Lancashire, England, representing a significant example of Norman military architecture from the eleventh or twelfth century. The monument comprises a substantial mound with associated defensive ditches, characteristic of the motte-and-bailey castle type that was widely constructed across northern England following the Norman Conquest. The site demonstrates the strategic importance of its location in the medieval period and reflects the Norman settlement and control of Lancashire during the early medieval centuries. As a scheduled monument under the national heritage list, Castle Hill motte remains an important archaeological record of early Norman defensive fortification practices in the north of England.
Castle Hill motte is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011868. View the official record →
Castle Hill motte is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Lancashire, England, representing a significant example of Norman military architecture from the eleventh or twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011868.
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 1011868.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penwortham Old Bridge (1 km), Roman settlement and industrial area at Winery Lane (2.8 km), Cromwell's Mound Civil War fieldwork (5.1 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 Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.