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Oversley Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located near Alcester in Warwickshire. The site consists of a substantial earthwork comprising a raised mound with an adjoining bailey, typical of Norman fortifications erected in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The castle formed part of the early medieval defensive landscape of the Midlands, though relatively little is known of its later history or occupation beyond the Norman period. The earthworks survive as a significant archaeological monument demonstrating the engineering techniques employed in early medieval military architecture.
Oversley Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005750. View the official record →
Oversley Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located near Alcester in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005750.
Oversley Castle 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 1005750.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Milburga's churchyard (1.1 km), Roman town (1.5 km), Alcester Abbey (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Oversley Castle'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.
Oversley Castle stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.