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Totternhoe Castle

Totternhoe Castle
Bedfordshire, England
Totternhoe Castle - geograph.org.uk - 323991.jpg
Remaining earthworks
Totternhoe Castle is located in Bedfordshire
Totternhoe Castle
Totternhoe Castle
Coordinates 51°53′20″N 0°34′49″W / 51.8889°N 0.5803°W / 51.8889; -0.5803Coordinates: 51°53′20″N 0°34′49″W / 51.8889°N 0.5803°W / 51.8889; -0.5803
Grid reference grid reference SP978221
Type Motte-and-bailey
Site information
Condition Earthworks

Totternhoe Castle was a Norman castle in Totternhoe. Bedfordshire. Only earthworks survive. It is a Scheduled Monument, and part of Totternhoe Knolls Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Totternhoe Castle overlooks the village of Totternhoe in Bedfordshire, near the town of Dunstable. Built during the Norman period, probably during the years of the Anarchy, it is of a motte-and-bailey design, with two baileys rather than the more usual one. A wide ditch protects three sides of the castle, with the fourth protected by the edge of the chalk hill on which the castle is situated.


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