What is recorded here
Higham Gobion Castle was an 11th-century timber motte and bailey fortress built by the Gobion family after the Norman Invasion of 1066. They chose a marshy triangular site, forcing invaders to wade through sinking water before reaching the substantial ramparts. Only earthworks remain now, yet Roman coins and urns scattered nearby suggest the ground has hidden treasure since before the castle rose.
Higham Gobion Castle is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Central Bedfordshire. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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