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Cotherstone Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification situated in Teesdale, County Durham. The castle comprises a substantial earthen mound surrounded by defensive ditches, with traces of a bailey enclosure, representing a typical example of early post-Conquest military architecture from the late eleventh or early twelfth century. The site appears to have been strategically positioned within the extensive lordship of the Balliol family, though it was apparently abandoned as a residence relatively early in its history, leaving no substantial stone structures to survive. The earthwork remains are preserved as an important archaeological monument testifying to Norman settlement and territorial control in the northern Pennine region.
Cotherstone Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005583. View the official record →
Cotherstone Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification situated in Teesdale, County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005583.
Cotherstone Castle 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 1005583.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowes Castle (6.8 km), Roman Fort (Lavatrae) (6.8 km), Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cotherstone Castle'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.
Cotherstone Castle stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.