Rampton Castle, known locally as Giant's Hill, is the earthwork remains of a
motte and bailey
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy t ...
castle in
Rampton, Cambridgeshire. It is believed that the castle was constructed during
The Anarchy
The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adelin, the only legi ...
by the forces of
King Stephen to contain the revolt of
Geoffrey de Mandeville.
The castle was not completed; construction was probably halted by de Mandeville's death at nearby
Burwell Castle in 1144.
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References
Castles in Cambridgeshire
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