© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Foss Castle is a motte and bailey castle located in Yorkshire, England, representing a significant example of early Norman fortification. The site comprises an earthen mound with an attached bailey, typical of the defensive architecture employed in the decades following the Norman Conquest. Archaeological evidence and historical records indicate that Foss Castle served as a precursor to the later stone castle of Old Mulgrave, with the site eventually being superseded as fortification techniques and territorial control evolved. The monument exemplifies the transitional phase of medieval military architecture in northern England during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008286. View the official record →
Foss Castle is a motte and bailey castle located in Yorkshire, England, representing a significant example of early Norman fortification. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008286.
Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave 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 1008286.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fort on Lease Rigg (7.7 km), Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor (8.3 km), Round barrow on Stony Rigg, 460m south of Greenlands Farm (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave 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.
Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave Castle stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.