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Almeley Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Herefordshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The castle comprises a substantial earthwork mound surrounded by a ditch, with an adjoining bailey or outer enclosure, typical of early medieval defensive architecture in the Welsh borderlands. The site represents one of many strategically positioned Norman strongholds established to consolidate control over this frontier region during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Though now reduced to earthwork remains with no significant standing structures, the monument preserves the characteristic form of early Norman military engineering and remains an important archaeological record of post-Conquest settlement patterns in Herefordshire.
Almeley Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001752. View the official record →
Almeley Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Herefordshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001752.
Almeley Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001752.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site known as Old Court Mound at Old Court (6.5 km), Bredwardine Castle (7.1 km), Moated site and fishponds immediately west of Upper House Farm (7.5 km).
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