Oliver's Battery: a motte and bailey castle at Old Basing — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Oliver's Battery is a motte and bailey castle at Old Basing, still marked as a scheduled monument in Basingstoke and Deane. A raised earthwork and surrounding ditch once shaped the local defence, though no building remains visible to judge its strength. The name suggests a person or family lived there, but the facts give no date or event to prove it.

The National Heritage List for England records Oliver's Battery: a motte and bailey castle at Old Basing 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, Oliver's Battery was constructed by the Normans following the conquest of England to control the strategic area around Old Basing. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and for its historical significance in the development of the region.

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