What is recorded here

Annesley motte and bailey castle stands as a scheduled monument in Ashfield, England. The earthwork still marks the place where a medieval household held land and watched the surrounding countryside. People may have climbed the mound, tended the yard below it, or simply passed it without knowing its age. The castle has lost its wooden buildings, but the shape of its power remains embedded in the ground.

The National Heritage List for England records Annesley motte and bailey castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Annesley motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord to consolidate control over the local area following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting the strategic military and administrative use of such sites in the medieval landscape.

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