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The ringwork and motte situated 230 metres north east of Stanborough Camp is a medieval fortification dating to the Norman period or later medieval centuries. The monument comprises earthwork defences characteristic of small-scale feudal strongholds, with a motte forming a raised defensive platform and an adjoining ringwork of circular or oval plan enclosed by a substantial bank and ditch. Such structures were common throughout England during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as centres of manorial authority and local defence. The site's proximity to Stanborough Camp, an Iron Age hillfort, suggests medieval reuse of a landscape already invested with defensive significance.
Ringwork and motte, 230m north east of Stanborough Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019242. View the official record →
The ringwork and motte situated 230 metres north east of Stanborough Camp is a medieval fortification dating to the Norman period or later medieval centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019242.
Ringwork and motte, 230m north east of Stanborough Camp 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 1019242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery known as Ritson Barrows, 420m north east of Stanborough Camp (0.2 km), Stanborough Camp Iron Age hillfort and bowl barrow (0.2 km), Animal pound and enclosure 220m and 120m south west of High Marks Barn (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ringwork and motte, 230m north east of Stanborough Camp'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 motte, 230m north east of Stanborough Camp stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.