What is recorded here

Castle Mound in Melling, Lancaster is a motte and bailey, not a fantasy castle. A tall mound and surrounding ditch mark the place where people built defences, lived under pressure and changed the shape of the land.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Mound motte and bailey, Melling 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 Mound motte and bailey is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture in England. Its scheduling as a monument highlights its historical and archaeological significance.

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