Cuckney Castle

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Cuckney motte and bailey castle
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Cuckney motte and bailey castle, December 2017
Location Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
Coordinates 53°14′10″N1°09′15″W / 53.236187°N 1.154034°W / 53.236187; -1.154034
OS grid reference SK 56582 71405
Built11th century
Built forThomas de Cuckney
Designated28 April 1953 [1]
Reference no. 1010909

Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop (grid reference SK566714 ).

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It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. [2] It was razed after The Anarchy in the reign of King Stephen. There are now the low remains of a motte, partly enclosed by a wide ditch and to the west the faint remnants of a bailey. These remains can be found at the edge of the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney.

Cuckney motte and bailey castle is listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. [3]

In the 1950s, a mass grave of approximately 200 human remains was found in a trench near the churchyard, leading to speculation regarding a battle near the site. [4]

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References

  1. Historic England & 1016196
  2. Tarbat), Sir James Dixon Mackenzie (7th bart of Scatwell and 9th of (1896). The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure. Macmillan Company. p. 448.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Historic England. "Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (1010909)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Miller, Ben (15 June 2015). "Archaeologists plan to investigate burial site which could re-write 7th century Battle of Hatfield". Culture24.

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