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Cusworth Motte Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The monument consists of a substantial mound, or motte, constructed in the eleventh century following the Norman Conquest, with associated defensive ditches and an outer bailey enclosure typical of early Norman military architecture. The site represents an important example of the rapid fortification programme undertaken by Norman lords across northern England during the decades following 1066. Though the original timber or stone structures that crowned the mound have not survived, the earthwork remains a significant archaeological record of Norman settlement and control in the region.
Cusworth Motte Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010767. View the official record →
Cusworth Motte Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010767.
Cusworth Motte 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 1010767.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King Hengist Rein long cairn (1.9 km), Romano-British enclosure and earthworks in Pot Ridings Wood (2.9 km), Wildthorpe medieval settlement 680m south of Leylands Farm (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cusworth Motte 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.
Cusworth Motte Castle stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.