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Castle Hills ringwork and bailey is a Norman fortification located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the early medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The site comprises a ringwork—a circular or oval defensive earthwork surrounded by a ditch—combined with a bailey, representing a transitional form of castle design common in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Such earthwork fortifications were typical of Norman settlement and military consolidation across England, often constructed rapidly to establish control and defend territories. The monument survives as an earthwork monument and remains an important archaeological record of early Norman castle architecture in the East Midlands.
Castle Hills ringwork and bailey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019977. View the official record →
Castle Hills ringwork and bailey is a Norman fortification located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the early medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019977.
Castle Hills ringwork and bailey 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 1019977.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa, Haceby (3.1 km), Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm (3.6 km), Site of Cistercian grange (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hills ringwork and bailey'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 Hills ringwork and bailey stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.