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Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow is a medieval fortified settlement located 400 metres east of Culmington Farm in Shropshire. The site comprises a motte and bailey castle of Norman date, a characteristic defensive structure consisting of an earthen mound with an associated palisaded or stone-defended bailey, alongside supporting features including an enclosure, fishpond, and ridge and furrow cultivation remains. The combination of castle defences with fishpond and ridge and furrow evidence indicates a settlement that functioned both as a fortified stronghold and as an agricultural centre during the medieval period. The earthwork remains survive as landscape features, providing archaeological evidence of Norman settlement and landuse patterns in the region.
Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow 400m east of Culmington Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012855. View the official record →
Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow is a medieval fortified settlement located 400 metres east of Culmington Farm in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012855.
Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow 400m east of Culmington Farm 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 1012855.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Old Field, 700m south-east of Ludlow golf course club house (4.7 km), Bowl barrow 450m north-west of Felton Farm (5.1 km), Bromfield moated grange (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow 400m east of Culmington Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow 400m east of Culmington Farm stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.