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Cherry Hill is a castle mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. The site represents a motte-and-bailey earthwork, a characteristic defensive structure of the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The mound survives as a prominent earthen elevation with associated bailey features, typical of the widespread castle construction undertaken by Norman lords to establish control over newly conquered English territories. Such monuments are important archaeological witnesses to the militarisation and reorganisation of the English landscape in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
'Cherry Hill', castle mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006915. View the official record →
Cherry Hill is a castle mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006915.
'Cherry Hill', 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 1006915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ely Cathedral: claustral buildings (0.3 km), Hospital of St John the Baptist and St Mary Magdalene, St John's Farm (0.7 km), Roman site near Old Fordey Farm, Barway (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 'Cherry Hill', 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.
'Cherry Hill', castle mound stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.