What is recorded here

Cheveley Castle is the only late medieval castle in Cambridgeshire, built in 1341 as a small rectangular fortress surrounded by a dry moat twenty to twenty-five metres wide. The earthworks remain perfect beneath trees, preserving corner turrets and wall fragments while the deep V-shaped ditch still dominates the platform. A licence granted that year to a wealthy London mayor likely authorised the crenellated structure, turning a modest flint dwelling into a defensible local landmark.

The National Heritage List for England records Cheveley Castle, 350m north west of Old Hall Farm 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.

Cheveley Castle was built in the 12th century by the de Cheveley family, a prominent landholding family in the region. It is remembered as an example of early Norman motte-and-bailey castle architecture and for its historical association with local medieval power structures.

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