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Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House

England
List entry 1009534
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009534
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.59 hectares
Grid reference
SU 92677 99674
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Tower is a motte and bailey castle located approximately 100 metres north of Hill House in Buckinghamshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork with a mound characteristic of Norman military architecture, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest. The site represents a significant example of early medieval fortification strategy, with its elevated position providing defensive advantage and commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Castle Tower's survival as an earthwork preserves important archaeological evidence of Norman settlement and territorial control in this region of Buckinghamshire.

Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009534. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House?

Castle Tower is a motte and bailey castle located approximately 100 metres north of Hill House in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009534.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House?

Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House 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 1009534.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Castle, a moated site at Oaken Corner in Wendover Woods (2 km), Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick (2.6 km), Moated site in Chalkdell Wood, 100m north west of Frith Hill House (3.1 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Castle, a moated site at Oaken Corner in Wendover Woods
2 km
Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick
2.6 km
Moated site in Chalkdell Wood, 100m north west of Frith Hill House
3.1 km
Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm
3.2 km
Bowl barrow in Lowndes Park, known as the `Rolling Pin'
3.5 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm
5.2 km
Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood
5.4 km
Hawridge Court ringwork
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House

Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House

St AlbansRoman town · ~13.7 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~21.9 miles
Domesday entry for Missenden, Buckinghamshire →
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