What is recorded here

Motte and Bailey Castle 200m North-West of Stowting Castle is a scheduled monument in Folkestone and Hythe, England. The monument includes a motte and bailey castle which comprises a central steeply-sided earthen mound, or motte, surrounded by a broad ditch, with a second ditch defining an outer defended area, or bailey. The central motte has a roughly circular flat top measuring 35m in diameter. The large quantities of tile on the surface of the motte show that this area was used for buildings during the medieval period. Flint nodules embedded in the

The National Heritage List for England records Motte and Bailey Castle 200m North-West of Stowting Church 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, this motte and bailey castle was likely constructed by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066 to establish control over the local area. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of Norman settlement in the region.

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