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Hayes Castle

England

List entry 1007150

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1007150

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.21 hectares

Grid reference

NY 00132 22577

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Hayes Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Cumberland, England. The earthwork monument comprises a substantial mound with associated bailey, typical of Norman defensive architecture from the eleventh or twelfth century. The site represents an important example of early medieval castle fortification in the north of England, a region where such structures played a crucial role in establishing Norman control following 1066. The castle's earthworks remain substantially visible, preserving evidence of the strategic landscape management undertaken during the Anglo-Norman period.

Hayes Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007150. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Hayes Castle?

Hayes Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007150.

Who is responsible for protecting Hayes Castle?

Hayes 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 1007150.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hayes Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parton Roman fort (2.6 km), Defended enclosure at Salterbeck (3.3 km), Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor (3.9 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Parton Roman fort

2.6 km

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck

3.3 km

Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor

3.9 km

Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay

5.2 km

Old quay and old quay lighthouse

5.2 km

Whitehaven Old Fort, an 18th century coastal battery overlooking Whitehaven Harbour and an associated lime kiln, 80m west of the southern end of Old Quay

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hayes Castle

Hayes Castle stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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