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Castle Hill motte and bailey castle

England
List entry 1009319
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009319
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.04 hectares
Grid reference
SD 64977 72125
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a motte and bailey castle located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial mound, characteristic of Norman fortifications constructed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The site demonstrates the typical earthwork construction of early medieval defensive architecture, with a raised motte designed to support a wooden or stone fortification overlooking an associated bailey, or outer enclosure. Castle Hill represents an important example of the rapid militarisation of the English landscape under Norman rule, when such castles served as instruments of control and administration across conquered territories.

Castle Hill motte and bailey castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009319. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill motte and bailey castle?

Castle Hill is a motte and bailey castle located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009319.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill motte and bailey castle?

Castle Hill motte and bailey castle 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 1009319.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill motte and bailey castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 375m ENE of Collingholme (2.9 km), Clintsfield Colliery (3.1 km), Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm (4.4 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 375m ENE of Collingholme
2.9 km
Clintsfield Colliery
3.1 km
Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm
4.4 km
Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works
5 km
Castle Mound motte and bailey, Melling
5.2 km
Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow
5.3 km
Prehistoric defended enclosure and six adjacent hut circles at Tatham Park
5.3 km
Settlement 440yds (400m) SW of Twistleton Hall
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill motte and bailey castle

Castle Hill motte and bailey castle stands on Pennine Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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