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Castleton castle mound is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, representing the Norman period of castle construction. The site consists of a substantial earthwork mound typical of eleventh and twelfth-century defensive architecture, when such fortifications were rapidly established throughout England following the Norman Conquest. The mound would originally have supported a wooden or early stone structure serving administrative and military functions within the local feudal hierarchy. This form of castle construction was characteristic of the immediate post-Conquest period, when Norman lords required swift, defensible strongholds to consolidate control over newly acquired territories.
Castleton castle mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004057. View the official record →
Castleton castle mound is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Yorkshire, England, representing the Norman period of castle construction. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004057.
Castleton 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 1004057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Margery Bradley standing stone (7 km), Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base (7.1 km), Loose Howe round barrow (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castleton 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.
Castleton castle mound stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.