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Castle mound is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Leicestershire, England. The site consists of a substantial artificial mound typical of Norman fortifications erected in the eleventh and twelfth centuries following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The earthwork represents the defensive infrastructure characteristic of early medieval England, when such mounds served as platforms for timber or stone structures commanding the surrounding landscape. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of Norman settlement and military organisation in the East Midlands region.
Castle mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005493. View the official record →
Castle mound is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Leicestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005493.
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 1005493.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of abbey church and claustral buildings (0.8 km), Defended enclosure on Robin-a-tiptoe Hill (1.7 km), Moated site at Tilton (4.5 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 Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.