What is recorded here

Half a kilometre west of the A18, a ringwork and two baileys still hold their shape inside Castle Hills Wood. The central court measures twenty metres across, but the southern bailey stretches one hundred and forty metres and keeps tower mounds at its edge. Roger of Poitou held the land in 1086, Edmund Earl of Cornwall made it a residence, and gypsum quarrying scarred the ground beside it. The trench work is not decorative; it is the remains of a living castle that people built, defended, worked and forgot.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Hills Wood ringwork and baileys 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 12th or early 13th century, Castle Hills Wood ringwork and baileys were likely constructed by a local lord or military commander for defensive purposes during the post-Conquest consolidation of the region. It is remembered as an example of medieval earthwork fortifications and is protected as a scheduled monument due to its historical and archaeological significance.

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