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Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton

England
List entry 1021376
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021376
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.29 hectares
Grid reference
SX 69912 56546
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton is a twelfth-century fortified settlement located in Devon. The monument comprises a ringwork—a circular or oval defended enclosure—accompanied by a bailey, representing a common defensive arrangement of the Norman period. Such earthwork castles were typical of early medieval fortification strategy, often serving local lords and providing both residential and military functions across southern England. The site's survival as an earthwork testament to the Norman settlement and administrative control of the Devon landscape during the post-Conquest period.

Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021376. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton?

Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton is a twelfth-century fortified settlement located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021376.

Who is responsible for protecting Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton?

Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton 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 1021376.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 660m south west of Woodland Barton (1 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (4.3 km), Bowl barrow on Churchland Green 350m west of Coldharbour Farm (4.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 660m south west of Woodland Barton
1 km
Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon
4.3 km
Bowl barrow on Churchland Green 350m west of Coldharbour Farm
4.5 km
Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon
4.6 km
Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon
4.6 km
Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon
4.7 km
Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross
4.7 km
Blackdown Rings prehistoric hillfort and medieval castle
4.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton

Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Langford, Devon →
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