What is recorded here

Kimberworth motte and bailey castle stands in Rotherham, England, recorded as a scheduled monument though its earthworks have surrendered most of their shape to time. The mound may have risen as a defensive platform for a wooden hall, exposing whoever climbed it to arrows and weather alike. That vulnerability is the point: visibility required surrender, and surrender marked the boundary between the castle and the ordinary world.

The National Heritage List for England records Kimberworth 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.

Kimberworth motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a well-preserved example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of Norman settlement and control in the area.

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