The upper surface of the castle motte

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The upper surface of the castle motte by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The upper surface of the castle motte

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 8 Jun 2013

No sign of a bailey (the area where accompanying buildings would have stood) has ever been found at this motte site, which is uncommon.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
52.635118
Longitude
-2.78295