Motte Beningsfeld, Medieval fortification site in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
The archaeological remains consist of an elevated earthen mound surrounded by water-filled ditches that formed part of a medieval defensive structure at Beningsfeld.
The sources record no construction date or builder for the earthwork at Beningsfeld. It is described as a small medieval to early modern motte, possibly a lowland castle, defended by water ditches and originally laid out as a single-part mound. Above ground only the mound remnant and the surrounding moat survive; the whole site is listed as a Bodendenkmal, no. 20, in Bergisch Gladbach.
The name appears in two forms, Motte Beningsfeld and Motte Penningsfeld, after the hamlet of Beningsfeld in the Refrath district. Nothing survives above ground except the mound and moat, and the site now serves as a riding arena, so the earthworks are seen in passing rather than visited as a monument.
The site, now utilized as a riding ground, maintains visible traces of the original motte hill and surrounding moat within the modern landscape.
The site is recorded as monument number 20 in Bergisch Gladbach's list of archaeological monuments, a designation covering both the medieval mound and its early modern reuse. Visitors today see a riding arena on the spot, with only the mound remnants and the surrounding ditch surviving above ground.
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