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Turret Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire, England. The site comprises a mound with associated defensive ditches, characteristic of Norman fortifications constructed in the eleventh or twelfth century. The castle's relatively modest scale suggests it functioned as a local defensive stronghold rather than a major administrative centre. Little structural masonry survives above ground, though the earthwork remains substantially preserved and represents an important example of early post-Conquest military architecture in the Welsh borderlands.
Turret Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007314. View the official record →
Turret Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007314.
Turret 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 1007314.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard (4.2 km), Pen-twyn camp (5.7 km), Eardisley Castle (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Turret 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.
Turret Castle stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.