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Castle Hill Motte is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Warwickshire. The site consists of an earthen motte, a raised mound characteristic of early Norman fortifications, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The monument represents a common form of defensive settlement constructed during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when such timber-built structures served as focal points for Norman territorial control and administration. The earthwork remains visible today as a significant archaeological resource documenting the early medieval landscape of Warwickshire.
Castle Hill Motte is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018858. View the official record →
Castle Hill Motte is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018858.
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 1018858.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 300m east of Stourton Methodist Chapel (3.2 km), Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard (4.6 km), Honington Bridge (5 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 Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.