Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Muddy feet on Castle Hills, Huntingdonshire: a medieval motte and bailey, then Civil War fieldwork, still marked on the National Heritage List for England. The earth remembers both: a wooden keep, a turret or earthwork, men digging or firing across open ground. Listing protects the shape of that memory; it does not invite anyone to walk it.

The National Heritage List for England records Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork 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 11th century, Huntingdon Castle was held by the powerful Mowbray family and later by the Crown, playing a strategic role in regional control and the English Civil War. It is important as a scheduled monument reflecting both Norman military architecture and 17th-century conflict in the area.

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