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Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1017916
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017916
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.67 hectares
Grid reference
TM 20281 54522
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Mount is a motte castle situated approximately 440 metres south-west of St Mary's Church in Suffolk, England. The site consists of a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of Norman fortifications, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The mound would originally have supported a wooden palisade and timber structures, typical of early Norman defensive architecture before the widespread adoption of stone castles in England. The surviving earthwork remains an important archaeological record of eleventh or twelfth-century military engineering and settlement hierarchy in medieval Suffolk.

Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017916. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church?

The Mount is a motte castle situated approximately 440 metres south-west of St Mary's Church in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017916.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church?

Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's 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 1017916.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 625m south of Lux Farm (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 870m south of Lux Farm (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 170m west of Kesgrave High School buildings (8.8 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 625m south of Lux Farm
8.5 km
Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 870m south of Lux Farm
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 170m west of Kesgrave High School buildings
8.8 km
Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 680m north of Dobbs Corner
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 580m north of Dobbs Corner
9.3 km
Two bowl barrows 312m south west of Dobbs Corner
10.1 km
Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church

Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church

Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~6.3 milesColchesterRoman town · ~22.2 miles
Domesday entry for Otley, Suffolk →
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