What is recorded here

Sibbertoft motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification in Northamptonshire, England, dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. It comprises a substantial mound with an attached bailey, representing a typical early medieval military earthwork that marked the strategic importance of defensive works during the post-Conquest period. Today the monument survives as a significant archaeological earthwork, preserving evidence of Norman settlement and military organisation in the region.

The National Heritage List for England records Sibbertoft 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.

Sibbertoft motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting the strategic and administrative use of such castles in the medieval landscape.

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