What is recorded here

Mote Hills is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Northumberland, built after 1066 to project control across the borderland. Its earthen mound and outer enclosure still break the landscape, marking the rapid military organisation that swept northern England during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The earthwork remains visible as a scheduled monument, preserving the shape of that early medieval settlement and the defensive urgency behind it.

The National Heritage List for England records Mote Hills 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.

Mote Hills motte and bailey castle was built in the 12th century, likely by a local Norman lord as part of the post-Conquest expansion of military and administrative control in England. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting the widespread use of motte and bailey castles in the medieval period for defense and regional governance.

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