What is recorded here

Haughton holds two visible ghosts beside one another: a duck decoy for patient human hands and a motte and bailey castle for impatient human ambition. The decoy belongs to patience, the castle to pride, and pride is the first victim of patience. A bird may carry more foresight than a man with a hammer.

The National Heritage List for England records Haughton decoy and 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.

Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle was built in the 11th or 12th century, likely by a local Norman lord following the Norman Conquest to establish control over the surrounding area. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and as part of the network of castles used to consolidate Norman authority in England.

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