ALMELEY CASTLE
Photo Gregg Archer
A motte with traces of earthworks and fish ponds lies south of the church, near a footpath. It is thought to have been constructed in the middle of the 12th century during the Civil War. It may have had a stone tower.
A second damaged motte, Oldcastle Twt, is half a mile north west and can be reached by a footpath (photos at bottom). The motte has a diameter of 125 feet at the base and is 18 feet high at its highest point and is separated from the bailey on its north side by a ditch. It may have been the precursor to Almerley Castle.
| Directions |
| Off the A4112, 15 miles south west of Leominster |
| Church Terrace, Almeley, Herefordshire, HR3 6LB |
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