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CHICHESTER, ENGLAND—Last year, excavations in Chichester’s Priory Park revealed a masonry causeway and bridge that would have once led to the city’s Norman-era motte and bailey castle ...

Tickhill Castle – between Doncaster and Rotherham – can trace its beginnings back to the time of William the Conqueror. Land, held by Saxon lords, was taken by him and given to loyal supporters.

In 2024, the team unearthed the remains of a masonry causeway and bridge that would have led to the motte and bailey castle, as well as part of a ditch that surrounded it.

Just over a century later, during the Revolt of 1173 to 1174, the motte and bailey castle was besieged. It wasn't until King Henry II arrived that those looking to capture the castle surrendered.

After the area was attacked by the Normans in 1066, Robert Gernon, the Duke of Boulogne, built a motte and bailey castle overlooking Stort Valley.

In Norman times a small motte and bailey castle was built, and finds during excavations have included a coin from the mid-12th century. The castle’s well can still be seen.

Nearing the top of the hill, on the eastern side of the road, there’s limited remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle that gave the village its name.

When William I assumed the crown in England following his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he deployed motte-and-bailey castles to consolidate his rule.

Clophill Lakes includes the site of a medieval motte and bailey castle.