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Castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Sussex, England. The site comprises a substantial mound topped by a flattened platform, characteristic of eleventh-century fortification design, with an associated bailey or outer enclosure formed by banks and ditches. Such monuments represent the earliest phase of post-Conquest castle construction in England, erected during the decades following 1066 when Norman lords established their authority through a programme of strategic fortification. The earthwork survives as an important example of Norman military architecture, though like many such sites it was superseded by stone structures or fell into disuse during the medieval period.
Castle mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002274. View the official record →
Castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002274.
Castle mound 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 1002274.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge Farm (4.2 km), Newbridge blast furnace (4.4 km), Settlement site 1/2 mile (800m) NNW of King's Standing (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle mound'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 mound stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.