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Aslockton Castle is a ruined fortification, a motte-and-bailey castle, in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. (grid reference SK744402) The original name of the settlement was Aslachetone, which suggests a possible Norse origin; it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was described as a large settlement. The site is a scheduled monument.

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  • Aslockton Castle is a ruined fortification, a motte-and-bailey castle, in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. (grid reference SK744402) The original name of the settlement was Aslachetone, which suggests a possible Norse origin; it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was described as a large settlement. A motte-and-bailey fortress was built in the 12th century. Only the earthworks now remain. The precise date as to when the castle was built is unknown. However, it was most probably built in the 11th or the early 12th century. The ground plan of the castle is in the shape of a parallelogram, which houses two courts, one of which is square in form. The motte most probably had a wooden tower and a palisade. The castle had two rectangular baileys, an inner bailey and an outer bailey, with the smaller outer bailey used for livestock. The moat of the castle would have been fed from the nearby stream. At some stage the fort went out of use and was replaced by a manorial site which later became Saucer Farm. The earth works surrounding the baileys were modified to form fishponds, fed by the stream that had filled the moat. Additional channels were dug and sluice gates controlled the water flow. Later, formal gardens were laid out around the ponds and the motte served as an elevated viewing platform. The motte, which today stands 16 feet high, is now called Cranmer's Mound or Cranmer's mount, after the Archbishop Cranmer, who was born here in 1489. According to local accounts, he used to sit on the high mound during his early youth to listen to the tuneable bells of the nearby church of Whatton. Previously the locals had named the mound Bailey Hills. To the south east two rectangular platforms enclosed by ditches are the sites of later houses of the Cranmer family. The site is a scheduled monument. (en)
  • Aslockton Castle ist eine Burgruine im Dorf Aslockton in der englischen Grafschaft Nottinghamshire. Eine Motte wurde im 12. Jahrhundert errichtet. Nur Erdwerke sind davon heute noch erhalten. Der Mound heißt Cranmer’s Mound und ist etwa 4,8 Meter hoch. Südöstlich davon befinden sich zwei rechteckige Plattformen, die mit Gräben eingefriedet sind. Dort standen später Häuser der Familie Cranmer. Erzbischof Thomas Cranmer wurde hier geboren. (de)
  • Aslockton Cranmers Mound är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i grevskapet Nottinghamshire och riksdelen England, i den sydöstra delen av landet, 170 km norr om huvudstaden London. Aslockton Cranmers Mound ligger 23 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Aslockton Cranmers Mound är platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är 171 meter över havet, 9,5 km söder om Aslockton Cranmers Mound. Runt Aslockton Cranmers Mound är det ganska tätbefolkat, med 239 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Nottingham, 17,1 km väster om Aslockton Cranmers Mound. Trakten runt Aslockton Cranmers Mound består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 8 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 16 °C, och den kallaste är december, med 0 °C. (sv)
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  • Aslockton Castle ist eine Burgruine im Dorf Aslockton in der englischen Grafschaft Nottinghamshire. Eine Motte wurde im 12. Jahrhundert errichtet. Nur Erdwerke sind davon heute noch erhalten. Der Mound heißt Cranmer’s Mound und ist etwa 4,8 Meter hoch. Südöstlich davon befinden sich zwei rechteckige Plattformen, die mit Gräben eingefriedet sind. Dort standen später Häuser der Familie Cranmer. Erzbischof Thomas Cranmer wurde hier geboren. (de)
  • Aslockton Castle is a ruined fortification, a motte-and-bailey castle, in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. (grid reference SK744402) The original name of the settlement was Aslachetone, which suggests a possible Norse origin; it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was described as a large settlement. The site is a scheduled monument. (en)
  • Aslockton Cranmers Mound är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i grevskapet Nottinghamshire och riksdelen England, i den sydöstra delen av landet, 170 km norr om huvudstaden London. Aslockton Cranmers Mound ligger 23 meter över havet. Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 8 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 16 °C, och den kallaste är december, med 0 °C. (sv)
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  • Aslockton Castle (de)
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  • Aslockton Cranmers Mound (sv)
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