sentences:  The mound is located on the north side of the River Ouse, three miles east of Bedford Castle and a mile west of Renhold Castle
  
  Controversy exists over the original purpose of the earthwork, particularly whether it was actually part of a castle site.Conventional wisdom states Risinghoe Castle was a timber Motte-and-bailey castle built sometime after the Norman Invasion of 1066.It is referred to as having been the property of Hugh de Beauchamp, the chief landowner in Goldington in 1086.