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Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm

England
List entry 1014377
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014377
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.78 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 74784 85993
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Watch Hill motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification situated approximately 450 metres south of Streethead Farm in Cheshire. The site comprises a substantial motte with an attached bailey, representing a characteristic form of early medieval military architecture typical of the Norman settlement period in north-west England. The earthwork survives in good condition and is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument. Its precise dating and the identity of its builder remain subjects of archaeological inquiry, though the structural form is consistent with fortifications erected during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014377. View the official record →

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What is Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm?

Watch Hill motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification situated approximately 450 metres south of Streethead Farm in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014377.

Who is responsible for protecting Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm?

Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm 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 1014377.

What other scheduled monuments are near Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hough Hall moated site, ancillary enclosure and fishpond (3.7 km), Tatton medieval settlement, prehistoric settlement remains, the buried remains of Tatton Old Hall and mill dam (4.8 km), Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard (7.2 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
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hough Hall moated site, ancillary enclosure and fishpond
3.7 km
Tatton medieval settlement, prehistoric settlement remains, the buried remains of Tatton Old Hall and mill dam
4.8 km
Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard
7.2 km
Site of St John's Church and surrounding burial ground, 400m NW of Booths Mere
7.4 km
Norbury Booths Hall moated site, fishponds and connecting channels.
8.4 km
Tabley Old Hall moated site and gatehouse.
9.1 km
Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm

Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~10.8 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~21.4 miles
Domesday entry for Bowdon, Cheshire →
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