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Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham Park is a Norman earthwork fortification situated in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a motte, the characteristic mound upon which a wooden or stone tower would have been erected, typical of castle construction in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries following the Norman Conquest. Such mottes served as defensive strongpoints and administrative centres for Norman lords establishing control over the English landscape. The site remains an important example of early Norman military architecture in the county, preserving evidence of the feudal reorganisation of medieval England.
Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011307. View the official record →
Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham Park is a Norman earthwork fortification situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011307.
Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham 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 1011307.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including MoD CORSHAM: Personnel Lift (PL) 2 (3.3 km), MoD CORSHAM: Slope Shaft (Emergency Exit) A (3.3 km), MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham 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 castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham Park stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.