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Name:Catterick Motte and Bailey Castle
NY SMR Number:MNY13085
Type of record:Monument
Last edited:Apr 28 2008 1:33PM

Protected Status

  • Conservation Area: Catterick Conservation Area
Grid Reference:SE 24 97
Parish:Catterick [1015]; Richmondshire

Monument Type(s):

Other References/Statuses

Full description

POSSIBLE ADULTERINE CASTLE OF MOTTE AND BAILEY TYPE. POSSIBLY FOUNDED BY COUNT ALAN AND DISMANTLED IN 1154. SITE OF BAILEY OCCUPIED BY CHURCHYARD. MOTTE STILL SURVIVES. MACLAUGHLAN (1849) MENTIONS ANCIENT CAMP AROUND CHURCH. CAMDEN (1806) REFERS TO THE MOTTE AS A KEEP WITH TRACES OF OUTWORKS. Form: Earthwork (1 - 2)


<1> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Record Card, SE29NW8 (Card Index). SNY1.


<2> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Record Card, SE29NW18 (Card Index). SNY1.


<3> Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 1913, CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING, p 340 - 341 (Article). SNY1613.

Sources and further reading

<1>SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. Various authors. SE29NW8.
<2>SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. Various authors. SE29NW18 .
<3>SNY1613 - Article: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 1913. CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING. I'ANSON W M. Photocopy. p 340 - 341.

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