© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Clun Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Clun, Shropshire, England, established in the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The castle comprises a substantial mound with bailey earthworks, typical of early Norman defensive architecture, and represents an important element in the Anglo-Norman colonisation of the Welsh Marches. The site retains fragmentary stone structures from later medieval periods of occupation and modification. The formal garden earthworks recorded at the monument indicate subsequent development and domestic use of the castle precinct during the medieval period.
Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011021. View the official record →
Clun Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Clun, Shropshire, England, established in the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011021.
Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks 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 1011021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caer Caradoc: a small multivallate hillfort (5.3 km), Offa's Dyke: section 650m east of Cwm-sanaham (6 km), Offa's Dyke: section 475m north east of Nether Skyborry (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks'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.
Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.