Totternhoe Castle

Totternhoe Castle
Bedfordshire, England

Remaining earthworks
Totternhoe Castle
Coordinates grid reference SP978221
Type Motte-and-bailey
Site information
Condition Earthworks

Totternhoe Castle was a Norman castle in Totternhoe. Bedfordshire. Only earthworks survive. It is a Scheduled Monument, and part of Totternhoe Knolls Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][2][3]

Details

Totternhoe Castle overlooks the village of Totternhoe in Bedfordshire, near the town of Dunstable.[4] Built during the Norman period, probably during the years of the Anarchy, it is of a motte-and-bailey design, with two baileys rather than the more usual one.[5] A wide ditch protects three sides of the castle, with the fourth protected by the edge of the chalk hill on which the castle is situated.[6]

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See also

References

  1. "Totternhoe Knolls citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. "Map of Totternhoe Knolls". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. "Totternhoe Castle: a motte and bailey castle, medieval quarries and cultivation terraces". Historic England. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. Pettifer, p.4.
  5. Pettifer, p.4.
  6. Fry, p.91.

Bibliography

Coordinates: 51°53′20″N 0°34′49″W / 51.8889°N 0.5803°W / 51.8889; -0.5803

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