Totternhoe Castle Explained

Totternhoe Castle
Location:	Bedfordshire, England
Coordinates:	51.8889°N -0.5803°W
Map Type:	Bedfordshire
Map Size:	200
Type:	Motte-and-bailey
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]

See also

• Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
• List of castles in England

Bibliography

• Fry, Plantagenet Somerset. (2008) Castles. London: David and Charles. .
• Pettifer, Adrian. (2002) English Castles: a Guide by Counties. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. .

Notes and References

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