Cuckney Castle

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

Cuckney motte and bailey castle
Cuckney motte and bailey castle, December 2017
LocationCuckney, Nottinghamshire
Coordinates53°14′10″N 1°09′15″W
OS grid referenceSK 56582 71405
Built11th century
Built forThomas de Cuckney
Designated28 April 1953 [1]
Reference no.1010909

It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney.[2] It was slighted 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 Culture, Media & 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]

  • Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
  • Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
  • Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
  • Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)

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.
  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.
  • Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3


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