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Cuckney Castle

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Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (6)
Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney (6)

Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop (grid reference SK566714). It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. It was razed after The Anarchy in the reign of King Stephen. There are now the low remains of a motte, partly enclosed by a wide ditch and to the west the faint remnants of a bailey. These remains can be found at the edge of the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney. Cuckney motte and bailey castle is listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.In the 1950s, a mass grave of approximately 200 human remains was found in a trench near the churchyard, leading to speculation regarding a battle near the site.

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Cuckney Castle
Norton Lane, Bassetlaw Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck

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NG20 9JP Bassetlaw, Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
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