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Earls Barton motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification located in Northamptonshire, dating to the eleventh century. The site consists of a substantial earthwork motte, or artificial mound, with an associated bailey, representing a characteristic form of post-Conquest military architecture. The castle was established following the Norman Conquest of 1066 and served as a defensive and administrative centre for the locality. Today the earthwork survives as an important archaeological monument, preserving evidence of early medieval fortification techniques and settlement patterns in the East Midlands.
Earls Barton motte castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009510. View the official record →
Earls Barton motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification located in Northamptonshire, dating to the eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009510.
Earls Barton 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 1009510.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 200m W of Doddington Mill (2.2 km), Bowl barrow 530m north east of Roe's Farm (2.7 km), Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earls Barton 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.
Earls Barton motte castle stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.