Camps Castle

The National Heritage List for England records Camps 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.

Camps Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built in the 11th or 12th century, likely by a local lord or military commander following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a well-preserved example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of the strategic control exerted by the Normans in the post-Conquest period.