What is recorded here

Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way is a scheduled monument in Buckinghamshire, England. The earthworks still mark the place where Cublington lived, though much of its shape has blurred into grass and memory. A motte suggests guardroom, pride or fear, but the village around it may have been ordinary, crowded and quick to forget its own name.

The National Heritage List for England records Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way 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, Cublington Motte Castle was likely constructed by a Norman lord to establish control over the local area following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a rare surviving example of a motte-and-bailey castle associated with a medieval village, illustrating early medieval settlement patterns and military architecture in the region.

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