What is recorded here

Pulford motte and bailey castle is a Norman earthwork in Cheshire, built with a tall mound and surrounding yard to control the Welsh border after the Conquest. The shape is typical of the late eleventh and twelfth centuries, when rapid military expansion favoured earth and speed over stone. The exact founding date is uncertain, but the location and form point to a borderland instrument of Norman control.

The National Heritage List for England records Pulford 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.

Pulford motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066. It is important as a well-preserved example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of Norman settlement and control in the region.

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