The Gatehouse website record for Hartington Motte

In the civil parish of Hartington Town Quarter. In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

A large mound, 20 m in diameter, with 4 m slopes on the north side, possibly a motte and bailey (Map Revisers Comment–FG Cole, reviser, Feb 1960). At SK 12626155, a small extension from the scarp above the Dove, has been artificially accentuated and cut off by a ditch. There is no evidence of a bailey but it can hardly be anthing but a Motte, and on a small scale it practically duplicates Pilsbury Castle (Field Investigators Comments–F1 FRH 17-JUN-66). (PastScape)
Historical references to Hartington probably refer to nearby Pilsbury Castle. This is a fairly simple adaptation of a natural feature requiring relatively little work, presumably associated with a farmstead, possibly symbolic or pretentious. The Pilsbury Castle project tentatively suggests this as a successor site to Pilsbury, it's clearly too small for this, although it is possible Pilsbury was abandoned for a manorial centre in, or near to, Hartington village.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK12626155

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 308900
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