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Cranmore Castle

England
List entry 1020156
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020156
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
13.93 hectares
Grid reference
SS 95836 11795
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cranmore Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Devon, England. The castle dates to the Norman period, likely established in the eleventh or twelfth century as part of the broader programme of castle construction following the Norman Conquest. The site comprises an earthwork mound with associated defensive ditches, representing a characteristic form of early medieval military architecture common to the period. Such fortifications served both military and administrative functions within the feudal landscape of post-Conquest Devon.

Cranmore Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020156. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cranmore Castle?

Cranmore Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020156.

Who is responsible for protecting Cranmore Castle?

Cranmore 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 1020156.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cranmore Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Great House, Peter Street (0.9 km), Tiverton Castle (uninhabited buildings) (1.2 km), Roman Fort, Bolham Hill (2.5 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Great House, Peter Street
0.9 km
Tiverton Castle (uninhabited buildings)
1.2 km
Roman Fort, Bolham Hill
2.5 km
Long barrow immediately north of Blenheim House, 310m south west of Putson Cross
3.2 km
Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross
3.5 km
An Iron Age defended settlement associated with prehistoric and medieval settlements immediately south east of Cadeleigh Court
5.8 km
An Iron Age defended settlement and associated cultivation terraces 230m south west of Cadeleigh Court
6 km
Two Roman forts and two Roman camps at St Andrew's Hill
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cranmore Castle

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

The wider landscape

Around Cranmore Castle

ExeterRoman town · ~12.2 miles
Domesday entry for Tiverton, Devon →
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