What is recorded here

Liddington Castle is a Bronze Age hillfort on a Wiltshire ridge where chalk ramparts still trap the breath of people who stopped running. Its eastern gate may have worn sarsen edges, while a deep ritual shaft remains open beneath the grass, waiting for whatever was thrown into darkness. The shape is simple enough to walk at dawn, yet the land keeps its own secret about why the western entrance was closed and the eastern one preserved.

The National Heritage List for England records Liddington 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.

Liddington Castle was built by the de Liddington family in the 12th century and later held by the powerful Mowbray family in the 14th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle and for its historical association with regional noble families.

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