What is recorded here

Ascott d'Oyley is a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle in West Oxfordshire, built by the d'Oyley family to project Norman power across the region. The substantial mound still rises above the surrounding land, its earthworks preserved enough to show how the elevated position commanded the landscape. Whatever halls or lives once filled the bailey have vanished, but the shape of the castle remains, holding the memory of a family that claimed this ground and a world that answered back with walls.

The National Heritage List for England records Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 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.

Built by the d'Oyley family in the 12th century, Ascott d'Oyley motte and bailey castle is remembered as an example of early Norman military architecture in England and is protected as a scheduled monument due to its historical and archaeological significance.

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