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Aslockton Cranmers Mound

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

Name	Aslockton Cranmers Mound
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Nottinghamshire
Modern Authority	Nottinghamshire
1974 Authority	Nottinghamshire
Civil Parish	Aslockton

A motte and bailey later converted to a homestead moat. Known as 'Cranmer's Mount' solely because Aslockton is Archbishop Cranmer's birthplace. (Allcroft, 1908)

16ft high Norman motte with two rectangular courts. The SE part of the motte has been mutilated by ballast digging. (VCH)

Medieval motte and bailey, later used as a prospect mound, with associated moated fishponds, a hollow way and ridge and furrow, surviving as earthworks. The Motte is 16ft high, but the south east part has been mutilated by ballast digging. (PastScape)

Watching brief carried out by NCC on land immediately adjacent to the castle site revealed traces of medieval features in plan with pottery on surface as well as post medieval garden or landscape features. (James Wright, 2010)

Gatehouse Comments

Birthplace of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in 1489, although by this time the motte was probably being used as a prospect mound. The location of the later house is uncertain. The moated platforms to the east of the mound, presumably the site of the original bailey, may represent the site of the house or may be moated gardens. An interesting site worthy of further study because of the possibility of illuminating the complex ways in which castle earthworks were later modified and adapted.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

321902

County Historic Environment Record

www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MNT13428&resourceID=1041

OS Map Grid Reference	SK744401
Latitude	52.9537582397461
Longitude	-0.894439995288849
Eastings	474400
Northings	340150