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Pulborough Motte and Bailey is a Norman fortification located in Pulborough Park, West Sussex. The site consists of a substantial earthwork mound, typical of motte and bailey castle construction of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when such fortified positions served as focal points for Norman military control and administration across southern England. The monument preserves evidence of medieval defensive architecture through its surviving topography, though detailed archaeological investigation has been limited. Such castles were characteristically rapid to construct and occupied key strategic positions in the post-Conquest landscape, functioning as strongholds for local lords until superseded by more substantial stone fortifications or abandoned during the later medieval period.
Motte and bailey castle in Pulborough Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017547. View the official record →
Pulborough Motte and Bailey is a Norman fortification located in Pulborough Park, West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017547.
Motte and bailey castle in Pulborough Park 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 1017547.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Burgh: a bowl barrow 940m east of Canada (7.7 km), Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge (8.6 km), Settlement site in Chantry Bottom (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte and bailey castle in Pulborough Park'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.
Motte and bailey castle in Pulborough Park stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.