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Wollaston Motte and Bailey Castle is a Norman fortification situated immediately west of St John's Church in Shropshire, England. The site comprises a motte, or artificial earthen mound, surrounded by a bailey or outer defensive enclosure, typical of early Norman castle construction of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The monument represents the substantial earthwork fortifications characteristic of the post-Conquest period, when such timber-built strongholds served as focal points for Norman military control and administration across England. Though reduced from its original form, the surviving earthwork remains a significant example of early medieval military architecture in the county.
Wollaston motte and bailey castle immediately west of St John's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019015. View the official record →
Wollaston Motte and Bailey Castle is a Norman fortification situated immediately west of St John's Church in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019015.
Wollaston motte and bailey castle immediately west of St John's Church 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 1019015.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caus Castle: a small multivallate hillfort, a motte and bailey castle and a medieval borough (4.5 km), Hawcocks Mount ringwork castle 200m north east of Hawcocks Farm (5 km), Two bowl barrows 290m north of Upper House Farm (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wollaston motte and bailey castle immediately west of St John's Church'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.
Wollaston motte and bailey castle immediately west of St John's Church stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.