What is recorded here

Tower Hill rises three metres above the Stainby slope, a flat-topped earth mound ringed by a ditch and a faint surviving bank that likely marked a buried palisade. In 1086 Alfred of Lincoln held the neighbouring manor, and the hill may have been the martial heart of that local world before the de Holywell family took its centre in the 13th century. Its causeway still points northeast across the ditch, preserving the line by which people climbed toward a building now hidden beneath the grass.

The National Heritage List for England records Tower Hill motte castle, Stainby 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 late 11th or early 12th century, Tower Hill motte castle was likely constructed by a Norman lord to establish control over the surrounding area following the Norman Conquest. It is remembered as an important example of a motte-and-bailey castle in the region, reflecting early medieval military architecture and land management.

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