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Tickhill Castle

England
List entry 1004828
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004828
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.64 hectares
Grid reference
SK 59344 92865
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tickhill Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, England, founded in the late eleventh century following the Norman Conquest. The castle comprises a substantial earthen mound with a deeply ditched bailey, representing a significant example of early Norman fortification in the region. The site was strategically positioned to control the surrounding landscape and served administrative and defensive functions throughout the medieval period. Though the castle has not survived with substantial standing masonry structures, the earthwork remains well-preserved and provides important evidence of Norman settlement patterns and territorial control in Yorkshire.

Tickhill Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004828. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Tickhill Castle?

Tickhill Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, England, founded in the late eleventh century following the Norman Conquest. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004828.

Who is responsible for protecting Tickhill Castle?

Tickhill 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 1004828.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tickhill Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm (1.6 km), Stancil Roman villa (3.4 km), Manor Holt moated site (3.8 km).

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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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm
1.6 km
Stancil Roman villa
3.4 km
Manor Holt moated site
3.8 km
Roman villa at Oldcoates
4.3 km
Market cross
5.7 km
Roche Abbey Cistercian monastery, including monastic precinct, gatehouse and 18th century landscape garden
5.9 km
Moat Hall moated site and site of external ancillary buildings, Braithwell
6.1 km
Blyth New Bridge
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tickhill Castle

Tickhill Castle stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Dadsley, Yorkshire →
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