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Motte Castle, located approximately 200 metres south-west of Bretchel in Shropshire, is a motte-and-bailey castle of Norman origin, likely erected in the eleventh or twelfth century. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of early medieval military architecture, representing a common form of fortification employed during the Norman period in England. The site demonstrates the strategic importance of the local landscape and reflects patterns of lordly authority and control established following the Norman Conquest, though subsequent historical development and occupation of the site remain poorly documented in surviving records.
Motte castle 200m south west of Bretchel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013487. View the official record →
Motte Castle, located approximately 200 metres south-west of Bretchel in Shropshire, is a motte-and-bailey castle of Norman origin, likely erected in the eleventh or twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013487.
Motte castle 200m south west of Bretchel 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 1013487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small enclosed Iron Age settlement and a length of an adjacent hollow way, 350m north west of Beechfield (7 km), Moated site at Leigh Hall (8.2 km), Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte castle 200m south west of Bretchel'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 castle 200m south west of Bretchel stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.