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Shrewsbury Castle is a Norman castle founded in the late eleventh century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, positioned strategically on a promontory overlooking the River Severn in Shropshire. The castle was constructed with a motte-and-bailey design typical of post-Conquest fortifications, featuring a substantial earthwork mound surrounded by defensive ditches and palisades, later reinforced with stone. The stone keep and defensive walls that survive today largely date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, representing successive phases of medieval development and strengthening. Shrewsbury Castle served as a seat of baronial power and a military stronghold of considerable regional importance throughout the medieval period, and remains one of the most substantial castle remains in the Welsh Marches.
Shrewsbury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003706. View the official record →
Shrewsbury Castle is a Norman castle founded in the late eleventh century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, positioned strategically on a promontory overlooking the River Severn in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003706.
Shrewsbury 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 1003706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent (0.6 km), Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent (0.7 km), Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrewsbury 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.
Shrewsbury Castle stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.