What is recorded here

Money Hill carries a Norman motte and bailey where conquest turned northern land into a military map. The earthwork still stands as a scheduled monument, preserving the shape of a fortress built to control, witness and withstand. What is certain is that power was placed on this hill; what is lost is the noise, fear and daily life that filled it.

The National Heritage List for England records Motte and bailey castle on Money 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 in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, the Motte and Bailey Castle on Money Hill is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture in England. Its scheduling as a monument highlights its historical and archaeological significance.

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