| Static Image Name: | Castle Carlton medieval new town - aerial 2022 (2) - geograph 7352082.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Aerial photograph of Castle Carlton showing the remains of tofts and crofts of the medieval new town. |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Castle Carlton |
| Coordinates: | 53.3319°N 0.0994°W |
| Civil Parish: | Reston |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | Louth |
| Postcode District: | LN11 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF398837 |
| London Distance Mi: | 130 |
| London Direction: | S |
Castle Carlton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Reston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 5miles south of Louth, and just north of the A157 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 23.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with South Reston.[2]
At Castle Carlton, there is a wide moat surrounding a mound on which stood a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle, most likely wooden, founded by Justiciar Hugh Bardolph,[3] who is said to have slain a monster.[4]
The village had established itself as a commercial centre by the thirteenth century, reputedly after Hugh Bardolph developed it as a "new town", and it was sometimes known as Market Carlton. Today, it is considered a deserted medieval village, or DMV.[5]
The church was dedicated to the Holy Cross and was a small Perpendicular building. It was demolished in 1902.[6]