Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way

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Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington is a scheduled monument comprising a motte-and-bailey castle and settlement earthworks situated in Buckinghamshire. The motte, a substantial artificial mound characteristic of Norman defensive architecture, dates from the medieval period and represents the military and administrative focus of this locality. Associated with the castle are the remains of the medieval village of Cublington, evident in surviving earthwork features including ridge-and-furrow cultivation patterns and settlement tofts and crofts that testify to the settlement's former extent. The monument preserves evidence of both feudal military architecture and rural settlement organisation typical of the High medieval period.

Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017896. View the official record →

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