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Castle Tump is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Worcestershire, England, dating to the Norman period following the Conquest of 1066. The monument consists of a substantial earthwork comprising a mound or motte with an associated bailey, characteristic of early Norman fortifications in England. The site represents an important example of the rapid militarisation of the English landscape during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when such earthwork castles served as centres of lordly power and administrative control. Castle Tump reflects the pattern of Norman settlement and territorial organisation that reshaped Worcestershire's landscape in the medieval period.
Castle Tump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005505. View the official record →
Castle Tump is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Worcestershire, England, dating to the Norman period following the Conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005505.
Castle Tump 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 1005505.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Midsummer Hill Camp See also WORCESTERSHIRE 4 (3.4 km), Midsummer Hill Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 4 (3.4 km), Little Malvern Priory (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Tump'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 Tump stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.