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Cuckney motte and bailey castle
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Cuckney motte and bailey castle, December 2017
Location Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference SK 56582 71405
Built 11th century
Built for Thomas de Cuckney
Designated 28 April 1953
Reference no. 1010909

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 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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