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Motte in Hamstead Marshall Park is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork situated in Berkshire. The monument consists of an artificial mound typical of early medieval fortifications erected following the Norman Conquest of 1066, when such structures served as the primary defensive and administrative centres for newly established lordships across England. The motte remains visible as a substantial earthen platform, with associated bailey works forming part of the broader landscape of the Hamstead Marshall estate. Though now obscured by parkland, the surviving earthworks preserve evidence of eleventh or twelfth-century Norman settlement and territorial control in the region.
Motte in Hamstead Marshall Park, 340m NE of The Dower House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007925. View the official record →
Motte in Hamstead Marshall Park is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork situated in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007925.
Motte in Hamstead Marshall Park, 340m NE of The Dower House 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 1007925.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery on Wash Common. (3 km), Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common. (3.2 km), Deserted medieval town of Newtown (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte in Hamstead Marshall Park, 340m NE of The Dower House'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 in Hamstead Marshall Park, 340m NE of The Dower House stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.