What is recorded here

Castle Tump is a motte and bailey castle in the Forest of Dean, recorded as a scheduled monument. The earthworks still mark the place where people built defences, lived under threat and left the land shaped by fear or pride.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Tump motte and bailey 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.

Built in the 12th century, Castle Tump motte and bailey castle was likely constructed by a local Norman lord to establish control over the surrounding area following the Norman Conquest. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of the strategic settlement patterns in post-Conquest England.

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