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Motte castle at Motley's Copse

England
List entry 1019111
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019111
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.26 hectares
Grid reference
SU 72291 12064
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable scholarly information about a motte castle specifically at Motley's Copse in Hampshire with the designation reference you have provided. To provide an accurate, factual description meeting the standards you have set, I would need to verify details from the official Historic England record and archaeological literature. I recommend consulting the National Heritage List for England directly using that reference number, or contacting Hampshire County Council's archaeological service for precise information about this site's dating, construction, and historical context.

Motte castle at Motley's Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019111. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte castle at Motley's Copse?

I do not have reliable scholarly information about a motte castle specifically at Motley's Copse in Hampshire with the designation reference you have provided.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle at Motley's Copse?

Motte castle at Motley's Copse 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 1019111.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle at Motley's Copse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork and bailey at Motleys Copse (0.2 km), The Castle (1.9 km), Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm (3.1 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ringwork and bailey at Motleys Copse
0.2 km
The Castle
1.9 km
Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm
3.1 km
Bowl barrow on Chalton Down, 350m south east of Manor Farm
3.8 km
Roman villa and section of Roman road south-west of Littlepark Wood
5.7 km
Oval barrow 700m SSE of Locksash Farm
6.2 km
Bevis's Grave long barrow and early medieval cemetery, 100m west of Belmont Castle
6.4 km
Warblington Castle
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle at Motley's Copse

Motte castle at Motley's Copse stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Motte castle at Motley's Copse

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~8.3 milesChichesterRoman town · ~9.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~18.4 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~13.4 miles
Domesday entry for Chalton, Hampshire →
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