Pinxton Castle (South Normanton) | archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle, interesting place, scheduled ancient monument

United Kingdom / England / Blackwell / South Normanton
 archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle, interesting place, scheduled ancient monument
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The monument known as Pinxton Castle, or sometimes Wynn Castle, includes the motte of a 12th century earthwork castle and a later medieval fortified manor. Remains include a moated site and five fishponds along with a range of perimeter earthworks. The motte comprises a 3m high conical mound whose level summit has a diameter of c.20m and would have been the site of a shell keep, a type of early castle keep in which timber buildings were arranged around the inside of a circular palisade or wall. In addition to the motte, there would originally have been a bailey or outer enclosure in which further domestic and service buildings would have existed together with corrals for stock and horses.

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Coordinates:   53°6'25"N   1°18'54"W
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