Aslockton Castle

The ground plan of the castle is in the shape of a parallelogram, which houses two courts, one of which is square in form.

The earth works surrounding the baileys were modified to form fishponds, fed by the stream that had filled the moat.

Later, formal gardens were laid out around the ponds and the motte served as an elevated viewing platform.

According to local accounts, he used to sit on the high mound during his early youth to listen to the tuneable bells of the nearby church of Whatton-in-the-Vale.

[4] [5] To the south east two rectangular platforms enclosed by ditches are the sites of later houses of the Cranmer family.