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Millsome Castle

England
List entry 1016227
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016227
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
SS 66663 05801
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Millsome Castle is a medieval fortified site located in Devon, England. The castle represents a small defensive structure from the medieval period, situated within the Devon landscape. Like many minor fortifications of its era, Millsome Castle reflects the local patterns of medieval settlement and land control in the southwest of England. The site is recorded as a heritage monument of historical interest, documented within the national heritage list entry system.

Millsome Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016227. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Millsome Castle?

Millsome Castle is a medieval fortified site located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016227.

Who is responsible for protecting Millsome Castle?

Millsome 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 1016227.

What other scheduled monuments are near Millsome Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross (5.3 km), Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments (5.5 km), Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church (5.6 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Millsome Castle

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Millsome Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
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

Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
5.3 km
Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
5.5 km
Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
5.6 km
Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
5.7 km
Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
5.8 km
St Martin's Chapel, Broadnymett
6 km
Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
6.1 km
Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Millsome Castle

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

The wider landscape

Around Millsome Castle

ExeterRoman town · ~17.7 miles
Domesday entry for Bondleigh, Devon →
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