The Gatehouse website record for Toot Hill, Tothill

In the civil parish of Withern With Stain. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

The earthwork and buried remains of the motte and bailey castle known as Toot Hill, enclosed by ditches and banks on low-lying ground adjacent to the Great Eau. The land at Tothill was part of the land of Greetham, belonging to the Norman earls of Chester. Dating to the 11th or 12th century, the site is either a fortification dating to the immediate post-conquest period or to the civil war during the reign of King Stephen. In the post-medieval period, a house, Tothill Manor, was built within the bailey. (EH Scheduling Report)
A mound about 8m high with bank and ditch on the SW side and, to the NE, a large Kindney-shaped earthwork with a bank 2m high. Later described as 'a strong motte, with double-ditched outer bailey forming an original funnel entrance'. The kidney-shaped earthworks is probably due to later surface quarrying. Area 1.8 hectare, length 150m, width 120m, height 8m. (Lincolnshire HER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF41988104

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 355689
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 43554 '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.

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