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Touthill is a motte-and-bailey castle site located in Northamptonshire, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The castle comprises a substantial earthwork mound, or motte, accompanied by an adjoining bailey, representing a typical example of early Norman fortification strategy in England. The site demonstrates the characteristic defensive design of eleventh-century castles, with the elevated mound serving as a strongpoint and the bailey providing an enclosure for domestic and military structures. Like many similar Norman castles in the Midlands, Touthill was subsequently superseded or abandoned as stone fortifications became the preferred building method in later medieval periods.
Touthill and site of castle bailey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006846. View the official record →
Touthill is a motte-and-bailey castle site located in Northamptonshire, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006846.
Touthill and site of castle bailey 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 1006846.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanground churchyard cross (1.4 km), Fletton churchyard cross (1.7 km), Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Touthill and site of castle bailey'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.
Touthill and site of castle bailey stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.