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Shoulsbarrow Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Devon, England. The site consists of a substantial earthwork mound with surrounding defensive ditches, characteristic of early Norman castle construction in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The castle represents an important example of the rapid fortification of the English landscape following the Norman Conquest of 1066, when such structures were established to consolidate Norman authority in newly conquered territories. Though now ruinous and reduced to earthwork remains, the monument preserves significant archaeological evidence of medieval defensive architecture and settlement patterns in the South West.
Shoulsbarrow Castle (Shaulsbury) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003884. View the official record →
Shoulsbarrow Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003884.
Shoulsbarrow Castle (Shaulsbury) 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 1003884.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Five Cross Way (1.6 km), Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge (2.5 km), Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shoulsbarrow Castle (Shaulsbury)'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.
Shoulsbarrow Castle (Shaulsbury) stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.