Totternhoe Castle
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|location = Bedfordshire, England
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|caption = Remaining earthworks
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|map_caption = Shown within Bedfordshire
|type = Motte-and-bailey
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Totternhoe Castle is a Norman castle in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire. Only earthworks survive. It is a Scheduled Monument, and part of Totternhoe Knolls Site of Special Scientific Interest.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001520.pdf|title=Totternhoe Knolls citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 10 September 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001561%27|title=Map of Totternhoe Knolls|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 10 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1020772|title=Totternhoe Castle: a motte and bailey castle, medieval quarries and cultivation terraces|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=10 September 2015}}
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Totternhoe Castle overlooks the village of Totternhoe in Bedfordshire, near the town of Dunstable.Pettifer, p.4. Built during the Norman period, probably during the years of the Anarchy, it is of a motte-and-bailey design, with two baileys rather than the more usual one.Pettifer, p.4. A wide ditch protects three sides of the castle, with the fourth protected by the edge of the chalk hill on which the castle is situated.Fry, p.91.
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Bibliography
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset. (2008) [https://books.google.com/books?id=F4c3PgAOIfMC Castles.] London: David and Charles. {{ISBN|978-0-7153-2692-3}}.
- Pettifer, Adrian. (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=47iheRUGKIEC English Castles: a Guide by Counties]. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. {{ISBN|978-0-85115-782-5}}.