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Snodhill Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification situated in Herefordshire, dating to the late eleventh century. The castle comprises a substantial earthwork mound with defensive ditches, typical of early Norman military architecture in the Welsh border regions. The site represents an important example of the strategic fortifications established by Norman lords to secure their territorial claims in the Marches during the post-Conquest period. Though substantially ruined, the surviving earthworks preserve significant archaeological evidence of Norman settlement and frontier defence in medieval Herefordshire.
Snodhill Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015168. View the official record →
Snodhill Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification situated in Herefordshire, dating to the late eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015168.
Snodhill 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 1015168.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle, chapel, post-medieval house and garden remains east of Urishay Castle Farm (2.8 km), Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm (4.4 km), Lower Park Wood Camp (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Snodhill 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.
Snodhill Castle stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.