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Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement

England
List entry 1019209
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019209
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.88 hectares
Grid reference
NY 03384 36263
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Cumberland, England, representing medieval fortification of the Norman period. The site comprises a substantial earthwork mound typical of eleventh and twelfth-century defensive architecture, which was later adapted during the Second World War when military installations were constructed upon it for coastal defence. The mound's prominent topography made it a strategically valuable location across multiple centuries of English history. The dual military use of the site, both in the medieval period and during the twentieth-century conflict, demonstrates how significant natural and constructed elevations continued to serve defensive purposes across fundamentally different eras of warfare.

Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019209. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement?

Castle Hill is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Cumberland, England, representing medieval fortification of the Norman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019209.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement?

Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement 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 1019209.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road (0.2 km), 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill (0.2 km), Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen (0.8 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
0.2 km
18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
0.2 km
Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
0.8 km
Netherhall
0.9 km
Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
1.1 km
Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
1.1 km
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
1.4 km
Burrow Walls Roman fort
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement

Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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