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Tapton Castle motte

England
List entry 1011210
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011210
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SK 39162 72140
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tapton Castle motte is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. The monument survives as an earthwork comprising a substantial mound, the characteristic motte, which would originally have supported a timber or stone fortification. The site demonstrates the typical defensive architecture employed by Norman landholders during the medieval period to assert control over their territories. Though now reduced to its earthwork remains, Tapton Castle motte represents an important example of early medieval fortification in the East Midlands.

Tapton Castle motte is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011210. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Tapton Castle motte?

Tapton Castle motte is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011210.

Who is responsible for protecting Tapton Castle motte?

Tapton Castle motte 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 1011210.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tapton Castle motte?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brampton Barn (2.9 km), Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam (5.2 km), Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook (5.6 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Brampton Barn
2.9 km
Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam
5.2 km
Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook
5.6 km
Sutton Scarsdale Hall
6 km
Coke ovens, 120m north east of Summerley House
6.4 km
Section of Ryknield Street Roman road 220m north east of Pear Tree Farm
6.9 km
Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm
7.7 km
Plumbley Colliery including Seldom Seen engine house, 600m north east of Roundhill Cottages
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tapton Castle motte

Tapton Castle motte stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

Domesday entry for Tapton, Derbyshire →
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