The Gatehouse website record for Wynns Castle, Pinxton

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Pinxton Castle; Castle Wood; South Normanton

In the civil parish of Pinxton. In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

Medieval moat with probable fishponds, visible as earthworks. The earthworks comprise a sub-rectangular moat with a ditch averaging 11m wide and 2m deep. At the western corner the depth is greater due to the southern slope in which it is dug. To the west of the moat is a supplementary bank, 5m wide and 1m high and a further ditch is present on the southern boundary of the wood, 6m wide and 1m deep. The motte is an irregular oval and conical mound averaging 20m in width and 3m high. There is no evidence for a ditch. Excavations in the 1950's discovered a timber framed building in the inner bailey. The earthworks have been identified as a possible motte and bailey, but the evidence for this, both from the earthworks and excavated evidence, is very weak. It is best regarded as a homestead moat on the available evidence. (PastScape)
The VCH records a mound adjacent to the moat to the NW and suggests the site was later altered. The VCH was definitive in stating this was not a homestead moat. What is needed is a broader archaeological and historical investigation.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK45955685

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 315821
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