 The Towcester Motte controlled the junction of Watling Street and long distance route from Southampton to Stamford which went through Winchester, Oxford, Brackley and Northampton, now the A34 and A43 trunk roads.The Motte is located in Towcester on the north-east side of the A5 in Moat Lane, at the side of Towcester Town Hall next to St Lawrence Church and near the Forum Building which is the Home of South Northamptonshire Council; the mount also lays east of the market square.Bury Mount can also be reached by walking down Castle Lane which is off of Watling Street.