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Daw's Castle

England
List entry 1020882
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020882
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.93 hectares
Grid reference
ST 06141 43181
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Daw's Castle is a small earthwork fortification located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a mound with surrounding defensive features typical of early medieval fortified settlements, dating to the Anglo-Saxon or early Norman period. Its precise chronology and original function remain subjects of archaeological study, though it represents an important example of the minor fortified sites that characterised the Somerset landscape during the early medieval centuries. The monument survives as an earthwork monument and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1020882.

Daw's Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020882. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Daw's Castle?

Daw's Castle is a small earthwork fortification located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020882.

Who is responsible for protecting Daw's Castle?

Daw's 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 1020882.

What other scheduled monuments are near Daw's Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 260m north east of Ralegh's Cross Hotel (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 650m north west of Elworthy Barrows hillfort (9 km), Ralegh's Cross (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 260m north east of Ralegh's Cross Hotel
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 650m north west of Elworthy Barrows hillfort
9 km
Ralegh's Cross
9.1 km
World War II pillbox 100m west of Ralegh's Cross Hotel
9.2 km
Elworthy Barrows hillfort
9.6 km
Huish Champflower Barrow
9.7 km
Raleigh's Cross iron mine, 310m south east of Heather House
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 700m north east of Burrow Farm
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Daw's Castle

Daw's Castle stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Watchet, Somerset →
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