What is recorded here

Mount Ferrant is a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle on a steep natural headland in North Yorkshire. Its timber frame was razed in the late twelfth century, sending the wood to Meaux Abbey while the earthworks remained. The site still divides into two parts through a slight cross ditch, preserving the shape of a wooden fortress that stopped being a home but never stopped being a mark.

The National Heritage List for England records Mount Ferrant: a 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.

Built in the late 11th or early 12th century, Mount Ferrant is a motte and bailey castle likely constructed by a Norman lord to consolidate control over the local area following the Norman Conquest. Its scheduling as a monument highlights its importance in illustrating medieval military and land-use practices in England.

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