What is recorded here

Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill is a Norman fortification in Sussex, built after 1066 to impose control on the English landscape. Its raised mound and adjoining enclosure remain visible across 0.76 hectares, marking the military strategy that dominated eleventh and twelfth century castle building. The earthwork still holds the shape of that sudden conquest, waiting for someone to imagine the guards, the fear and the daily life that once turned its slopes into a weapon.

The National Heritage List for England records Motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill 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.

Built during the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, the motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture and local Norman settlement patterns.

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