What is recorded here

Totternhoe Castle stands as a motte and bailey ruin beside medieval quarries and cultivation terraces in Central Bedfordshire. The earthwork still rises above the valley, marking the place where people dug stone and shaped soil long before written records reached it.

The National Heritage List for England records Totternhoe Castle: a motte and bailey castle, medieval quarries and cultivation terraces 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 12th century, Totternhoe Castle was a Norman motte and bailey fortress established to control the surrounding area and oversee the local chalk quarries, which were vital for construction in medieval Bedfordshire. It is remembered for its strategic role in the region and its association with the de Tottesham family.

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