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Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church

England
List entry 1013224
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013224
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
ST 96384 83099
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church is a Norman earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a substantial mound typical of eleventh and twelfth-century motte-and-bailey fortifications, though the bailey component is less distinctly preserved. Such earthwork castles were characteristic of early Norman settlement and lordly authority in England following the Conquest, serving as centres of military control and administrative power. The monument survives as an important example of the widespread castle-building programme undertaken by Norman magnates across southern England during the medieval period.

Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013224. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church?

Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church is a Norman earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013224.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church?

Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church 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 1013224.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork on Cam's Hill, 500m north east of Lawn Farm (3.6 km), Moated site 500m north-west of Nabals Farm (4.2 km), Village cross (4.3 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ringwork on Cam's Hill, 500m north east of Lawn Farm
3.6 km
Moated site 500m north-west of Nabals Farm
4.2 km
Village cross
4.3 km
Medieval settlement 400m south west of Crew's Farm
4.4 km
Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.
5.1 km
Market cross
5.1 km
Village cross 12m north of St Mary's church
5.2 km
Dovecote at Manor Farm, Draycot Cerne
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church

Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church 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 Motte castle 20m west of Great Somerford Church

AveburyArchaeological site · ~11.8 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~12.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~12.4 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~13.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.5 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.9 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16.9 miles
Domesday entry for Somerford, Wiltshire →
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