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Longtown Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated in Herefordshire on the border with Wales. The castle was constructed in the late eleventh or early twelfth century as part of the Anglo-Norman defensive network along the Welsh frontier, commanding an important position in the landscape. The mound survives prominently today, retaining evidence of its original earthwork construction, whilst the bailey demonstrates the characteristic layout of early Norman military architecture. The site reflects the strategic importance of Herefordshire's borderlands during the medieval period, when such fortifications served to consolidate Norman control and monitor Welsh incursions into English territory.
Longtown castle and town is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021347. View the official record →
Longtown Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated in Herefordshire on the border with Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021347.
Longtown castle and town 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 1021347.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-Twyn Earthwork (6 km), Penbidwal Moated Site (7.1 km), The Moat Mound and Bailey Castle, Tre Fedw (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Longtown castle and town'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.
Longtown castle and town stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.