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Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Shropshire. The monument consists of an earthen mound typical of eleventh or twelfth-century castle construction, representing the early period of post-Conquest military architecture in the English Midlands. Such mottes were rapidly constructed defensive works serving both strategic and administrative functions during the Norman settlement of England. The site's survival as earthwork remains provides evidence of the extensive network of castle fortifications established across Shropshire during the medieval period.
Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013491. View the official record →
Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013491.
Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton 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 1013491.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm (5.3 km), Callow Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort (5.6 km), Earl's Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort and an adjacent cross dyke on Pontesford Hill (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.