Thesaurus Term/Concept: MOTTE

Identifier 68841
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An artificial steep-sided earthen mound on, or in, which is set the principal tower of a castle.

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Instances/Examples (31)

Context Record
Monument Type MNN170741 Barby Castle (Possible fortified Manor house) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN22918 Beacon Hill motte castle and later post mill (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23522 Berry Mount Earthworks (& Buried Remains of Earthworks) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14883 Bury Mount (Monument)
Monument Type MNN8560 Castle Dykes Motte & Bailey (Monument)
Monument Type MNN124628 Castle Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNN30913 Castle Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNN123740 Castle Hill (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked (Monument)
Monument Type MNN15545 Castle Hill, possible Medieval Manor (Monument)
Monument Type MNN10641 Castle Mount, Alderton (Monument)
Monument Type MNN117321 Clifford Hill Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN27976 Earthwork of old quarry pits (Monument)
Monument Type MNN102941 Higham Ferrers Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MNN102943 Higham Ferrers Castle: Inner Bailey (Monument)
Monument Type MNN131761 Lilbourne Castle Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN124469 Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN126415 Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN128588 Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN131760 Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN131838 Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN129015 Medieval Motte & Possible Bailey (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN129614 Motte Eathworks (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked (Monument)
Monument Type MNN32170 Motte, Fotheringhay Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MNN27833 Possible medieval motte or post-medieval prospect mound within Cransley Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MNN36641 Possible Medieval Motte (Monument)
Monument Type MNN126379 Possible Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14118 Possible medieval motte and bailey (Monument)
Monument Type MNN8344 Possible medieval seige castle, Glebe Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MNN30920 Saxo-Norman Occupation of Castle Site, west of Chalk Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MNN11906 Thrapston Castle (De Veer Castle & Manor) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN142034 Undated earthworks (Monument)