The Gatehouse website record for Brailes Castle Hill Motte

In the civil parish of Brailes. In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Earthwork and buried remains of a motte castle, known as Castle Hill Motte. In the early to mid-C12 Brailes was part of the domain of Robert Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and the construction of the castle has been attributed to him. The motte is sited on a natural knoll whose summit has been reshaped to some extent and artificially raised to create the flat-topped mound. It measures 24m across its top with traces of a low bank around its outside edge and is surrounded by a 2.5m wide ditch. The motte stands on an oval-shaped platform which has been formed by modifying the sides of the hill to create a levelled area around the motte. Immediately to the north, west and south west is a further terraced area which, together with the platform, are believed to have formed a series of outworks around the motte and will have provided a fairly sophisticated means of access to the mound itself.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP30774007

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 335226
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 2311 '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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