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Torksey Castle

England
List entry 1005056
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005056
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SK 83619 78759
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Torksey Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located near the village of Torksey in Lincolnshire, dating to the 11th century following the Norman Conquest. The castle consists of a substantial earthwork mound surrounded by a ditch, with evidence of timber or stone structures that would have occupied the summit, typical of early Norman defensive architecture in England. The site's strategic position near the River Trent made it significant for controlling local communications and resources during the medieval period. The castle fell into disuse during the later Middle Ages, and today survives primarily as an earthwork monument, with the mound remaining a prominent landscape feature in the Lincolnshire countryside.

Torksey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005056. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Torksey Castle?

Torksey Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located near the village of Torksey in Lincolnshire, dating to the 11th century following the Norman Conquest. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005056.

Who is responsible for protecting Torksey Castle?

Torksey 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 1005056.

What other scheduled monuments are near Torksey Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of medieval town (0.5 km), Fleet Plantation moated site (2.1 km), Roman fort, south of Littleborough Lane (3.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site of medieval town
0.5 km
Fleet Plantation moated site
2.1 km
Roman fort, south of Littleborough Lane
3.3 km
Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
3.3 km
The medieval bishop's palace and deer park, Stow Park
3.7 km
Segelocum Roman town
3.9 km
Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
5.2 km
Site of a college and Benedictine Abbey, St Mary's Church
5.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Torksey Castle

Torksey Castle stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Torksey Castle

LincolnRoman town · ~9.7 milesThorpeRoman town · ~18.3 milesAncasterRoman town · ~23.7 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~19.3 miles
Domesday entry for Torksey, Lincolnshire →
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