Lincoln Castle

Lincoln Castle was built on a Roman hilltop site in 1068. Unusually, it has two mottes. It housed one of only four surviving copies of Magna Carta and served as a prison into the modern era.

Why it mattered

• Unusual two-motte plan
• Housed a copy of Magna Carta

Chronology (selected)

• 1068: Castle built by William
• 1141: Battle of Lincoln during the Anarchy

Hub essays

• Region context: norman england conquest and governance and the shared bibliography.
• Castles and fortification: Norman castles — motte to stone.

On the map

Use Open on map to fly to this pin in the Norman expansion era. Layers are teaching overlays — pair them with charters, excavation reports, and the works above.