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Motte castle 50m north of Village Farm is a Norman earthwork fortification situated in Shropshire. The monument consists of a mound with associated defensive features characteristic of early medieval castle construction, dating to the Norman period following the eleventh century. Such mottes represent a widespread form of military architecture deployed across England in the generations following the Norman Conquest, serving as local strongholds for Norman lords consolidating control over newly conquered territories. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the substantial engineering effort invested in these frontier fortifications, though detailed historical records of this specific location remain limited in the scholarly record.
Motte castle 50m north of Village Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012861. View the official record →
Motte castle 50m north of Village Farm is a Norman earthwork fortification situated in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012861.
Motte castle 50m north of Village 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 1012861.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upper Aldress Moated Site (7.4 km), Roundton Hillfort (7.8 km), Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte castle 50m north of Village 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 castle 50m north of Village Farm stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.