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Bury Castle is a medieval moated site and later fortified manor house located approximately 100 metres west of Bury parish church in Lancashire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that encloses the remains of domestic structures dating principally to the medieval period, with subsequent modifications undertaken during the later medieval and early modern eras. The moated enclosure represents a characteristic form of defended residence for a local landowning family, reflecting the settlement hierarchy and agrarian economy of medieval Lancashire. The fortified manor demonstrates the continued importance of modest defensive architecture among the gentry class during the late medieval period, when such structures served both practical and status-bearing functions within the wider landscape.
Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015128. View the official record →
Bury Castle is a medieval moated site and later fortified manor house located approximately 100 metres west of Bury parish church in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015128.
Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church 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 1015128.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Promontory fort called Castlesteads on the east bank of the Irwell 550m SSE of Banks Farm (2.2 km), Radcliffe Tower and site of hall 100m south west of the parish church in Radcliffe (3.4 km), Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn (5.6 km).
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Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.