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Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough is a motte and bailey fortification located in Bedfordshire, England. The site consists of an earthwork defence comprising a raised mound with an associated bailey, representing a common form of early medieval castle construction. Dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066, the castle exemplifies the rapid fortification strategy employed by the Norman elite to consolidate control over the English landscape. The surviving earthworks remain substantially visible, preserving evidence of this significant phase in English military and social history.
Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013016. View the official record →
Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough is a motte and bailey fortification located in Bedfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013016.
Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough 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 1013016.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Saints Church, Segenhoe (2.9 km), Malting Spinney Medieval moat, associated outer enclosure and cultivation earthworks, Ridgmont (3 km), Moated site at Wake's End (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough'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.
Ringwork and bailey castle, Brogborough stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.