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Castlethorpe Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located approximately 200 metres south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge in Buckinghamshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial mound, characteristic of Norman defensive architecture, with associated bailey earthworks and a possible ringwork element, indicating a multi-phase fortified site. Dating to the medieval period, likely from the Norman conquest era onwards, the castle represents the kind of early motte and bailey construction that was rapidly established across England following 1066 to assert Norman control. The site's survival as earthworks demonstrates the typical archaeological record of such fortifications, many of which were superseded or abandoned as stone castles became the preferred form of aristocratic military architecture.
Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011299. View the official record →
Castlethorpe Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located approximately 200 metres south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011299.
Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge 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 1011299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle, deserted village and monastic grange at Old Wolverton (3.4 km), Remains of the church and churchyard of St Mary Magdalen (4.1 km), Bradwell Abbey: a Benedictine priory, chapel and fishpond (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.