Egmanton Gaddick Hill

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameEgmanton Gaddick Hill
Alternative NamesEgmarton: Guddick Hill
Historic CountryNottinghamshire
Modern AuthorityNottinghamshire
1974 AuthorityNottinghamshire
Civil ParishEgmanton

Medieval motte and bailey castle, in quite good condition although both the motte and the bailey have been damaged by animal tread particularly the bailey. The Motte is 460ft in circumference at the base and 198ft at the top, with an escarpment of 50ft slope at its highest. A probable entrance to the bailey exists to the north. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The motte has a terrace on the SE side, this is suggested as an entrance lobby type outwork in the VCH and subsequently supported by Speight.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSK735689
Latitude53.212589263916
Longitude-0.900420010089874
Eastings473520
Northings368960
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Latitude 53° 12' 45.5" Longitude 0° 54' 1.7"

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Latitude 53° 12' 45.5" Longitude 0° 54' 1.7"

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Latitude 53° 12' 45.5" Longitude 0° 54' 1.7"

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Photo by Philip Davis. All Rights Reserved

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Latitude 53° 12' 45.5" Longitude 0° 54' 1.7"

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Books

  • Wright, James, 2008, Castles of Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire County Council) p. 17 (plan), 42, 64
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 85
  • Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 203 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 380
  • Stevenson, W., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Nottinghamshire Vol. 1 p. 306 online copy

Journals

  • Speight, Sarah, 2008, ''Castles as Past Culture: Living with Castles in the Post-Medieval World' Cha^teau Gaillard Vol. 23 p. 385-94
  • Speight, Sarah, 2008-9, 'Castles as Past Culture 2: Adaptation and Identity in the Post-Life of Castles' Castles Studies Group Journal Vol. 22 p. 268-75
  • Speight, Sarah, 2006, 'Castles and Settlement in Rural Nottinghamshire: Laxton, Egmanton and Greasley' Château Gaillard Vol. 22 p. 325-34
  • Speight, Sarah and Franklin, Geraint, 2004 April, 'Egmanton near Laxton: the second finest motte and bailey castle in Nottinghamshire? Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 107 p. 65-81
  • Speight, Sarah, 2004, ''Religion in the Bailey: Charters, Chapels and the Clergy' Cha^teau Gaillard Vol. 21 p. 271-80
  • Speight, Sarah, 1994, 'Early Medieval Castles in Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 98 p. 58-70
  • Chalkley Gould, I., 1907, 'Some Nottinghamshire Strongholds' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 13 p. 51-64 esp.58-60 (plan) online copy
  • Anonymous, 1902, 'Autumn excursion' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 6 online copy
  • Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 209 online copy

Other

  • Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 150, 156, 478-9 online copy
  • Groves, G.,1987, Gazetteer of Minor Moated and Fortified Sites in Nottinghamshire (Unpub MA Thesis; University of Nottingham) p. 37-8