Castle Hill motte and bailey castle, Castle Carlton — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Ansgot of Burwell or Ralph de la Haye raised the forty-metre-wide mound during the turbulent decades after the Norman Conquest, forcing local life into the double bailey below. The steep ditch still holds rainwater, marking the boundary between the private stronghold and the village that later vanished. Castle Carlton disappeared entirely, but the earthwork remains sharp enough to show where power stood before it left the landscape.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Hill motte and bailey castle, Castle Carlton 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 in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, Castle Hill motte and bailey castle is important as a rare surviving example of early medieval military architecture in the region.

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