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Wigmore Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Herefordshire, established in the late eleventh century as a stronghold of the Mortimer family, who held considerable power along the Welsh Marches. The castle comprises an impressive mound crowned with stone structures, surrounded by baileys, representing both the original Norman earthwork design and later medieval stone additions. The site gained particular prominence during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when the Mortimer lords rose to prominence as marcher lords, with the castle serving as a major administrative and military centre for their extensive lordship. The fragmentary stone remains visible today include elements of the keep and domestic buildings, though the castle declined in importance after the Tudor period and now survives as a scheduled monument presenting valuable archaeological evidence of medieval military and domestic architecture.
Wigmore Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001793. View the official record →
Wigmore Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Herefordshire, established in the late eleventh century as a stronghold of the Mortimer family, who held considerable power along the Welsh Marches. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001793.
Wigmore 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 1001793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Water mills and quarry at Mortimer's Cross (5.6 km), Shobdon Arches (6 km), Shobdon Castle mound (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wigmore 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.
Wigmore Castle stands on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.