Motte and twin baileys. The works apparently consisted of a motte with surrounding ditch and a bailey to the south of the motte; of a second bailey on the east, only a part of the ditch remains. Renn found a fragment of Saxo-Norman pottery here and gave it to Aylesbury Museum. After the Conquest the […]

The site of a rectangular enclosure with a moated annexe, now largely destroyed by a car park. Excavated in 1955 when various remains were uncovered, including wall footings, pottery, decorated paving tiles and a coin of Edward I, minted in 1280/1. The evidence suggested that the site had been occupied from the 13th to the […]

A ringwork or motte and bailey mentioned in a pipe roll of 1192-3. The earthwork was destroyed in 1944 when much 12th century pottery was found. A 17th century farmhouse and garden terracing have effectively destroyed the former mound, but vague slopes and a section of water-filled ditch survive on the north west side of […]

The remains of Hanslope Castle are situated in the village of Castlethorpe, it was probably constructed in the 12th century by William Maudit. There are no traces of masonary on the site but considerable remains of the earthworks of a motte (mound) and bailey type of castle. The manor of Hanslope was granted by the […]

The parish church is built in on what is thought to be a motte. A castle at this site was first mentioned in documentary sources in 1154-64 and was possibly demolished 1208-1215, although a Constable of Buckingham is documented in 1280. Levelled in 1777 for the churchyard which now occupies it. In 1877 excavations at […]