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Montacute Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated on St Michael's Hill in Somerset, England. The site comprises a substantial mound surmounted by a stone keep, constructed in the early Norman period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The castle's strategic location on elevated ground afforded commanding views of the surrounding landscape and the settlement below. Though now ruinous, the surviving earthworks and stonework remain testament to the defensive engineering characteristic of early medieval fortifications in the West Country.
Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008466. View the official record →
Montacute Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated on St Michael's Hill in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008466.
Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill. 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 1008466.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of a Cluniac priory immediately east of Abbey Farm (0.3 km), Hamdon Hill camp (1.3 km), Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm (2.1 km).
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Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill. stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.