Cuckney Castle Explained

Cuckney motte and bailey castle
Coordinates:53.2362°N -1.154°W
Gbgridref:SK 56582 71405
Location:Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
Built For:Thomas de Cuckney
Built:11th century
Designation1:Scheduled Monument
Designation1 Date:28 April 1953

Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop .

It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney.[1] 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.

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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tarbat), Sir James Dixon Mackenzie (7th bart of Scatwell and 9th of. The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure. 1896. Macmillan Company. 448. en.
  2. Miller. Ben. 15 June 2015. Archaeologists plan to investigate burial site which could re-write 7th century Battle of Hatfield. Culture24.