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| Name: | Cockpit Hill (formerly Castle Hill) motte and bailey (site of), Derby |
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| HER No.: | 32004 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Designation: | None recorded |
Summary
Site of early motte and bailey castle, and possibly later a cockpit
| Grid Reference: | SK 355 361 |
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| Parish: | DERBY |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- EDR1508 - Ordnance Survey Field Report, 30-NOV-66
Full Description
SK355361: Cockpit Hill (NAT) (1) Castle Hill, now Cockpit Hill, was a Norman motte and bailey castle which disappeared at an early date. The castle is recorded as 'copecastel' in 1085, 'the castle near the market'. 'The Cock Pitt' first appears in 1610 on Speed's map, and looks like a Norman castle with artificial mound, which was levelled at about the end of the 18th century. (2-3) Completely built over. (4)
On Speed's map of 1610 Cock Pitt Hill appears to be covered by a large six- or eight-sided building with a conical roof. Bulmer in 1895 reported that the slope of Castle Hill (Cock Pitt Hill) eventually became occupied by a gabled mansion owned by Mr Beardsley. (5)
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SDR11967 - Map: OS 1:2500 1967. |
| [2] | SDR7699 - Article in serial: Williamson, F.. 1942. 'Old Derby Street-names', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 63, pp1-27. |
| [3] | SDR13112 - Bibliographic reference: Cameron, K. 1959. 'The Place-Names of Derbyshire, Part II', English Place-Name Society. p 451. |
| [4] | SDR6340 - Personal Observation: F1 FRH 30-NOV-66. |
| [5] | SDR20347 - Unpublished document: John Samuels Archaeological Consultants (JSAC). 2003. An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land at Full Street Police Station, Derby. pp 22, 24. |
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