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Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork

England
List entry 1011712
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011712
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.82 hectares
Grid reference
TL 24093 71470
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Huntingdon Castle, also known as Castle Hills, is a motte and bailey castle located in Huntingdonshire, England. The earthwork comprises a substantial mound with associated bailey defences, representing a typical Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. During the English Civil War, the site was refortified and utilised as a military fieldwork, demonstrating its strategic importance to both medieval and early modern commanders. The surviving earthworks preserve the principal topographical features of both periods of occupation.

Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011712. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork?

Huntingdon Castle, also known as Castle Hills, is a motte and bailey castle located in Huntingdonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011712.

Who is responsible for protecting Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork?

Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork 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 1011712.

What other scheduled monuments are near Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Huntingdon Bridge (0.2 km), Earthwork on Mill Common (0.7 km), Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church (1 km).

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

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Huntingdon Bridge
0.2 km
Earthwork on Mill Common
0.7 km
Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church
1 km
The Nuns' Bridge, Hinchingbrook
1.6 km
Milestone at Bell End
2.5 km
Sites discovered by aerial photography N of the village
3.6 km
The Manor of Hemingford Grey: a medieval moated site
4.9 km
Buckden Palace
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork

Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~0.7 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~14.7 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~16.3 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~17.5 miles
Domesday entry for Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire →
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