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Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall

England
List entry 1012863
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012863
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 28337 00676
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall is a Norman earthwork fortification located in Shropshire. The site comprises a substantial motte, the characteristic steep-sided artificial mound typical of early Norman military architecture, with associated bailey works forming part of the defensive enclosure. Dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066, this monument represents the widespread strategy of establishing fortified strongholds across the English Midlands to consolidate Norman territorial control. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological record of early medieval military engineering and settlement hierarchy in the region.

Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012863. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall?

Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall is a Norman earthwork fortification located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012863.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall?

Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall 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 1012863.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Simon's Castle (7.4 km), Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill (8.2 km), Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge (8.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Simon's Castle
Medieval · Motte and Bailey7.4 km
Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
8.2 km
Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
Early Medieval · Linear Earthwork8.3 km
Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
Prehistoric · Enclosure8.5 km
Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
8.9 km
Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
Early Medieval · Linear Earthwork9 km
Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall

Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~6.9 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~18.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~17.2 miles
Domesday entry for Wotherton, Shropshire →
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