England · Ruin
Huntingdon Castle
Huntingdon Castle was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle sited in the town of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Nothing of the medieval buildings survives above ground today; the location is preserved as scheduled earthworks on a grassy mound in a public park.
Its prime
1170
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1170
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad, rounded motte rises from a gently sloping public green, its summit and surrounding bailey expressed as low grassy banks and hollows rather than masonry. At its prime the motte would have been crowned by timber defensive works and surrounded by a continuous wooden palisade and outer enclosure; the overall profile is a dominant earthen mound set within a ring of lower embankments and flat bailey ground, tree belts framing the site.
Its story
The story of Huntingdon Castle.
Huntingdon Castle was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Huntingdon. During the Anarchy it was held by David, King of Scotland, through his marriage to Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, and by 1173 it remained with the Scottish kings — by then William the Lion.
Parts of the castle survived for a time, including the chapel, and its ownership passed through a number of hands. Nothing of the medieval buildings stands above ground today; the site is preserved as scheduled earthworks on a grassy mound in a public park.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1170.
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