Castle Carlton, South Reston

In the civil parish of Reston. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Medieval motte and bailey castle, with a possible double bailey. It is believed to have been built after the conquest in the C11 or C12. It survives as earthworks.
The castle takes the form of a motte and double bailey enclosed by ditches, with external banks. It was built in the 11th or 12th century and is thought to have been built either as a post-Conquest fortification of Ansgot or as a response to the turmoil of King Stephen's reign by Ralph de la Haye, an active supporter of Stephen. (EH Scheduling Report)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF39508357

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 354618
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 43602 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/122/castlecarlton.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p48
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p148 [slight]
    Roffe, David, 1993, 'Castles' in Bennett, S. and Bennett, N. (eds), An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (University of Hull Press) p40-1
    Pevsner, Nikolaus and John Harris; revised by Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p371
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p260
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p203
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p432
• Journal Articles
  • Owen, A.E.B., 1992, 'Castle Carlton: the origins of a medieval `New Town'' Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol27 p17-22
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 p249-280 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p90-121] http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28195904%2974%3A291%3C249%3AALOC1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • English Heritage. 1999. Revised scheduling document 31629. MPP 23