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Cusworth Motte Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The monument comprises a substantial mound, or motte, typical of early Norman fortifications, which would have originally supported a timber palisade and defensive structures. The site represents an important example of the rapid militarisation of the English landscape in the decades following the Norman Conquest, when such fortified strongholds were established to secure Norman control over conquered territories. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological monument and landscape feature, preserving evidence of early medieval military engineering and settlement patterns in Yorkshire.
Cusworth Motte Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010767. View the official record →
Cusworth Motte Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. 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).
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