What is recorded here

Lilbourne motte and bailey castle and fishpond is a scheduled monument in West Northamptonshire, England. The castle stands just south of the River Avon beside a crossing point, with a round conical motte about ten metres high and two peripheral baileys. A small rectangular fishpond lies outside the earthworks, connected by a water channel to the bailey ditches. The site preserves a rare early post-Conquest layout where military defence, domestic life and food production met at a river crossing.

The National Heritage List for England records Lilbourne motte and bailey castle and fishpond 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.

Lilbourne motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and as part of the network of Norman castles that consolidated control over England.

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