What is recorded here

Cymbeline's Castle stands 550m south west of Ellesborough church as a motte and bailey, its earthworks still shaping the Buckinghamshire field. Whether kings ever rode past or only farmers stacked soil for a view, the hill demands attention. A castle needs a keeper, yet no name survives to hold the ledge. The land remembers weight and warning even when human tongues have forgotten the reason.

The National Heritage List for England records Cymbeline's Castle: a motte and bailey castle 550m south west of Ellesborough 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.

A Norman motte and bailey castle, Cymbeline's Castle was built in the 11th or 12th century, likely by a local lord for strategic defense and control in the post-Conquest period. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture in the region.

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