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Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden

England

List entry 1012854

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1012854

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.06 hectares

Grid reference

SO 32007 87095

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Motte castle at Colebatch is a Norman earthwork fortification situated approximately one hundred metres north of Lagden in Shropshire. The site comprises a substantial motte with an accompanying bailey, characteristic of early medieval military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Such motte-and-bailey castles were typically erected as centres of local authority and defence during the Norman period following the Conquest. The earthworks at Colebatch remain largely intact and represent an important example of the widespread programme of castle building undertaken across the Welsh Marches and the English Midlands during the early Norman period.

Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012854. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden?

Motte castle at Colebatch is a Norman earthwork fortification situated approximately one hundred metres north of Lagden in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012854.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden?

Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden 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 1012854.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Radnor Wood Camp (5.3 km), Bicton Ditches (5.9 km), Bowl barrow 500m north of The Oak Farm (6.2 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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 500m north of The Oak Farm

6.2 km

Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks

6.6 km

Bowl barrow 100m north west of Purslow Hall

7.3 km

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill

8.3 km

Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairn

8.4 km

Rockhill Earthwork

9.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden

Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~2.5 miles WroxeterRoman town · ~20.3 miles Battle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~22 miles

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