Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Lowe Hill is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Wakefield, built during the eleventh or twelfth century to project military control across Yorkshire. Its earthen mound still rises beside the remains of a defended enclosure, preserving the shape of a headquarters where conquest became everyday administration. The castle may have hosted commanders, officers and frightened locals, but no surviving account names the people who lived there. What remains is a scheduled monument, a boundary drawn around ground that once decided who obeyed whom.

The National Heritage List for England records Lowe Hill 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.

Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle was built during the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting the widespread establishment of such fortifications to consolidate Norman control over England.

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