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Crookbarrow Farm is a motte and bailey castle with associated moated site located in Worcestershire. The motte, a substantial earthwork mound, represents typical Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, whilst the bailey and moated enclosures reflect the domestic and defensive arrangements of a medieval manorial settlement. The site also preserves evidence of medieval agricultural activity in the surrounding landscape, demonstrating the integration of military, residential, and productive functions characteristic of the feudal period. The earthworks remain substantially visible and form an important archaeological record of early medieval settlement and land use in the region.
Motte castle, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014900. View the official record →
Crookbarrow Farm is a motte and bailey castle with associated moated site located in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014900.
Motte castle, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow 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 1014900.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated monastic grange and fishpond complex at Middle Battenhall Farm, 450m north of Upper Battenhall Farm (1 km), Fort Royal (2.9 km), Edgar Tower entrance to the Cathedral Close (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Motte castle, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow 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, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.