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Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House

England
List entry 1016208
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016208
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.01 hectares
Grid reference
SS 67833 11911
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Eggesford Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Devon, approximately 640 metres north-east of Eggesford House. The monument dates to the Norman period, likely erected in the eleventh or twelfth century as part of the network of fortifications established following the Norman Conquest. The castle comprises a substantial earthwork mound with an associated bailey, representing the typical defensive architecture of early Norman settlement in the region. Although the structure survives only as an earthwork monument with no standing masonry, it remains an important archaeological record of Norman baronial authority in Devon during the medieval period.

Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016208. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House?

Eggesford Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Devon, approximately 640 metres north-east of Eggesford House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016208.

Who is responsible for protecting Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House?

Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House 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 1016208.

What other scheduled monuments are near Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross known as Speke's Cross, 500m north east of Eggesford House (0.2 km), Court Castle (5.8 km), World War II air traffic control building 400m north west of Seckington Cross, on the former airfield of RAF Winkleigh (6 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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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

Standing cross known as Speke's Cross, 500m north east of Eggesford House
0.2 km
Court Castle
5.8 km
World War II air traffic control building 400m north west of Seckington Cross, on the former airfield of RAF Winkleigh
6 km
Croft Castle
6.1 km
Millsome Castle
6.2 km
A Roman fort and Roman camp at Bury Barton
7.3 km
Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
7.6 km
Medieval settlement of Beere
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House

Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House

ExeterRoman town · ~19.2 miles
Domesday entry for Chulmleigh, Devon →
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