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Tower keep castle at Lower Lea

England
List entry 1021064
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021064
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SO 35102 89186
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I cannot locate reliable scholarly sources that establish specific details about a tower keep castle at Lower Lea, Shropshire with the designation NHLE 1021064. Rather than provide unverified information about this particular site, I would need to consult the official National Heritage List for England record directly or established archaeological and historical publications that document this specific monument. If you have access to the NHLE entry or academic sources about this site, those would be the appropriate references for an accurate description of its period, physical character, and historical significance.

Tower keep castle at Lower Lea is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021064. View the official record →

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What is Tower keep castle at Lower Lea?

I cannot locate reliable scholarly sources that establish specific details about a tower keep castle at Lower Lea, Shropshire with the designation NHLE 1021064.

Who is responsible for protecting Tower keep castle at Lower Lea?

Tower keep castle at Lower Lea 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 1021064.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tower keep castle at Lower Lea?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm (4.8 km), Bowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton House (5.5 km), Bowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley Cottage (5.8 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tower keep castle at Lower Lea

Tower keep castle at Lower Lea stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.