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Castle mound in Camp Wood is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire. The site consists of a raised mound typical of Norman fortifications constructed in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The mound would have originally supported a timber palisade and defensive structures characteristic of early medieval military architecture. Such castles served as seats of local power and administrative centres during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, though the Camp Wood example has not been extensively developed or modified in stone.
Castle mound in Camp Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007309. View the official record →
Castle mound in Camp Wood is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007309.
Castle mound in Camp Wood 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 1007309.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 270yds (250m) S of Shobdon Church (2.9 km), Bowl barrow 550m south east of Milton Cross (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 490m south east of Milton Cross (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle mound in Camp Wood'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.
Castle mound in Camp Wood stands on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.