Little Kimble Motte

In the civil parish of Great And Little Kimble.
In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Motte and two baileys surviving as earthworks with associated possibly later homestead moat. The island in the moat contains rubble from a Tudor building. There are a number of water control features on site dating to the mid C19. The motte is some 40m in overall diameter, and 4.5m in height. The flat summit is 20m across and 1m below the summit, the mound extends a further 20m to the south east. The inner bailey measured 50m by 20m and a second bailey 70m by 40m. There is also a homestead moat measuring 50m by 25m. The arms are 10m in width and up to 1.5m in depth.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP82770639

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 344200

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p36
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p28
RCHME, 1912, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol1 [south] p167
Allcroft, A. Hadrian, 1908, Earthwork of England (London) p412-3, 476

Journal Articles

Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12 [listed as precursor to Cymbeline's Mount]

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