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Hawcocks Mount ringwork is a modest earthwork fortification located in Shropshire, representing the castle-building traditions of the Norman period or shortly thereafter. The site consists of a circular or sub-circular bank and ditch arrangement typical of ringwork castles, a form of defensive enclosure that was common in the Welsh Marches and surrounding regions during the medieval period. Such fortifications, generally smaller and less elaborate than motte-and-bailey castles, served administrative and defensive purposes for local lords and were often constructed rapidly using available labour and materials. The monument's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the longstanding settlement and land control patterns in this part of Shropshire, though detailed historical documentation specific to this site remains limited in the established scholarly record.
Hawcocks Mount ringwork castle 200m north east of Hawcocks Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013494. View the official record →
Hawcocks Mount ringwork is a modest earthwork fortification located in Shropshire, representing the castle-building traditions of the Norman period or shortly thereafter. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013494.
Hawcocks Mount ringwork castle 200m north east of Hawcocks Farm 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 1013494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tankerville lead mine (8.3 km), Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 200m west of The Napp (8.4 km), Bowl barrow at The Napp (8.4 km).
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