Cuckney Castle was in the village of
Cuckney
Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton and Cuckney, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Market Warsop.
The A60 road connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckne ...
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Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
between
Worksop
Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from the nor ...
and
Market Warsop
Warsop is a town and civil parish in the Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): At the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365, reducin ...
().
It was a
motte and bailey
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or Bailey (castle), bailey, surrounded by a protective Rampart (fortification ...
fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. It was razed after
The Anarchy
The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adelin, the only legiti ...
in the reign of
King Stephen. There are now the low remains of a motte, partly enclosed by a wide ditch and to the west the faint remnants of a bailey. These remains can be found at the edge of the churchyard of
St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney
St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cuckney.
At the edge of the churchyard are the remains of Cuckney Castle, a motte and bailey castle listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department f ...
.
Cuckney motte and bailey castle is listed as a
Scheduled Monument
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by the
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In the 1950s, a mass grave of approximately 200 human remains was found in a trench near the churchyard, leading to speculation regarding a battle near the site.
Gallery
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (1).jpg, Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (2).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (3).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (4).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (5).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (6).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (7).jpg, Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (8).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (9).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (10).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (11).jpg, Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney
Image:Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (12).jpg, Panorama of Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (with St Mary's Church in the background)
See also
*
Adulterine castle
Adulterine castles were fortifications built in England during the 12th century without royal approval, particularly during the civil war of the Anarchy between 1139 and 1154.
Details
During the civil war of the Anarchy, fought between the facti ...
References
* Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980.
Castles in Nottinghamshire
Motte-and-bailey castles
Bassetlaw District
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