MONUMENT NO. 313333

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Site of a motte and bailey at Cockpit Hill. The castle is recorded in 1085 and disappeared at an early date. Speed's map of 1610 shows an artificial mound which was levelled at the end of the 18th century. The site is now completely built over.

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(SK355361) Cockpit Hill (NAT). (1)

Castle Hill, Now Cockpit Hill, was a Norman motte and bailey castle which disappeared at an early date. The castle is recorded as 'copecastel' in 1085, 'the castle near the market'. 'The Cock Pitt' first appears in 1610 on Speed's map, and looks like a Norman castle with artificial mound, which was levelled at about the end of the 18th century. (2-3)

Completely built over. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:2500 1967

( 2) Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

(F Williamson) 63 - 1942 Page(s)6

( 3) English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes]

(K Cameron) 28 - 1959 Page(s)451

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FRH 30-NOV-66

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