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Rothwell Castle is a medieval fortified stronghold located in West Yorkshire, England. The site represents a motte-and-bailey castle of Norman origin, constructed during the twelfth century as part of the network of defensive works established following the Norman Conquest. The castle comprises an earthen mound with surrounding ditch work, though significant structural remains no longer survive above ground. As a scheduled monument, Rothwell Castle remains an important archaeological record of Norman settlement and territorial control in Yorkshire during the medieval period.
Rothwell Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005792. View the official record →
Rothwell Castle is a medieval fortified stronghold located in West Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005792.
Rothwell Castle 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 1005792.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middleton Park shaft mounds (3.9 km), Length of Grim's Ditch immediately north of Gamblethorpe (3.9 km), Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rothwell Castle'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.
Rothwell Castle stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.