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The ringwork and bailey castle 390 metres west of Buntingsdale Hall is a Norman fortification located in Shropshire, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The monument comprises a motte-and-bailey earthwork, a characteristic form of early Norman military architecture consisting of a raised mound with an associated bailey or defended enclosure. Such fortifications were rapidly constructed across England in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries to establish Norman control and defence of newly conquered territories. The site's survival as an earthwork monument preserves evidence of the strategic military landscape of medieval Shropshire and the methods of fortification employed during the Norman settlement of England.
Ringwork and bailey castle 390m west of Buntingsdale Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019659. View the official record →
The ringwork and bailey castle 390 metres west of Buntingsdale Hall is a Norman fortification located in Shropshire, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019659.
Ringwork and bailey castle 390m west of Buntingsdale 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 1019659.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton (3.9 km), Round barrow 330m south of Oldfields (4.2 km), Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood (4.4 km).
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