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Motte at Tregate Castle Farm is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Herefordshire. The monument consists of an earthen mound typical of early Norman fortifications, dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. Such mottes served as defensive strongholds during the period of Norman settlement and consolidation in the Welsh Marches, a strategically significant region that frequently witnessed military activity. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of Norman castle-building practices in the county.
Motte at Tregate Castle Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005338. View the official record →
Motte at Tregate Castle Farm is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005338.
Motte at Tregate Castle 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 1005338.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mill Wood Castle Mound (7.1 km), St. Dingad's Churchyard Cross, Dingestow (7.1 km), Redbrook Incline Overbridge (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte at Tregate Castle Farm'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.
Motte at Tregate Castle Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.