page_title: Cuckney Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Cuckney Castle
caption_attribution_description: English: Cuckney motte and bailey castle, Norton Road, Cuckney, At the very extremity of the churchyard of St Mary's Church. Access via the gate in the grounds of Cuckney Village Hall Wikidata has entry Q17650136 with data related to this item.This is a photo of listed building number 1010909.
context_page_description: Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop.
  It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. It was slighted 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 Culture, Media & 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.
context_section_description: 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 slighted 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 Culture, Media & 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.
caption: Cuckney motte and bailey castle, December 2017
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