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Enclosure Castle at Castle Donington is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Leicestershire, England. The site comprises an earthwork defence system typical of early Norman settlement in the Midlands, with the characteristic mound and enclosed bailey representing late eleventh or early twelfth-century military architecture. The castle occupies a strategic position near Castle Donington village and would have served as a seat of local lordship during the Norman period. The earthworks remain substantially visible in the landscape, though no masonry structures survive above ground level.
Enclosure castle at Castle Donington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011608. View the official record →
Enclosure Castle at Castle Donington is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Leicestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011608.
Enclosure castle at Castle Donington 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 1011608.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead (4.3 km), Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton (4.7 km), Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure castle at Castle Donington's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Enclosure castle at Castle Donington stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.