What is recorded here

Skipsea Castle rose around 1086 when Drogo de la Beuvrière built a motte and bailey on an older Iron Age mound to guard the Holderness frontier against Danish raids. The artificial lake that separated the two parts may have allowed ships to travel inland, turning the castle into a watery gateway for trade and tribute. William de Forz lost the place in 1221 during his rebellion against Henry III, and royal forces destroyed it as punishment. What remains is a broad earthwork beside Skipsea, still shaped like a castle even though every timber hall and stone wall has vanished.

Skipsea Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of East Riding of Yorkshire. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Built by the de Lacy family in the late 11th or early 12th century, Skipsea Castle is a motte-and-bailey structure that reflects the Norman settlement and military organization in Yorkshire. It is remembered as one of the few surviving examples of early Norman castles in the region.

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