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Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill

England
List entry 1012171
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012171
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.76 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 23783 10988
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill is a Norman fortification situated in Sussex, England. The monument comprises the characteristic two-part defensive structure typical of early medieval castle design, with a raised mound (motte) and adjoining fortified enclosure (bailey). Dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066, the site represents the military strategy employed by Norman settlers to establish control over the English landscape. The earthwork survives as a significant example of this distinctive fortification type, which dominated castle construction in England during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012171. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill?

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill is a Norman fortification situated in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012171.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill?

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton 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 1012171.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill (1 km), Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle (1.7 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (2.9 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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Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill
1 km
Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle
1.7 km
Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill
2.9 km
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages
3.6 km
Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton
4 km
Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
4.6 km
Old manor house (remains of), Portslade-By-Sea
4.9 km
Romano-British villa at Manor Hall Road, Southwick
5.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill

ChichesterRoman town · ~23.7 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~9.9 miles
Domesday entry for Fulking, Sussex →
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