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Castle Close

England

List entry 1020037

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020037

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

2.7 hectares

Grid reference

SS 93719 18127

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Castle Close is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Devon, England. The site comprises an earthwork of medieval date, consisting of a mound characteristic of Norman fortifications constructed during the early post-Conquest period. The monument survives as an archaeological feature, with the defensive earthworks remaining visible in the landscape despite the absence of standing structures. Such fortifications were typical of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when Norman lords established control over the English countryside through the construction of strategically positioned strongholds.

Castle Close is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020037. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Close?

Castle Close is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020037.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Close?

Castle Close 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 1020037.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Close?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fort, Bolham Hill (4.3 km), Bampton Castle (4.9 km), Huntsham Castle (5.4 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman Fort, Bolham Hill

Tiverton Castle (uninhabited buildings)

5.5 km

Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross

5.5 km

The Great House, Peter Street

5.8 km

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross

6.4 km

Long barrow immediately north of Blenheim House, 310m south west of Putson Cross

6.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Close

Castle Close stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Close

ExeterRoman town · ~15.9 miles

Domesday entry for Stoodleigh, Devon →

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