Cublington Castle Farm, Madley

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cubbington; Cubbeston

In the civil parish of Madley.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey. The motte is 2.5m high and 45m in diameter at the base. it is mutilated on its crest and destroyed in the south west by the construction of Castle Farm. Traces of a ditch, now 0.4m deep remain in the north west, but the bailey to the south west implied by RCHME is apparently natural. Probably the site of Cublington castle. Stirling Jones writes 'Motte & bailey, prob large shell keep. Although a stone castle existed on this site the motte is now obscured by a later house. There are buried stone foundations on the edge of the former bailey. Stone on & around the site was used as hard core under the modern buildings, part of the wet moat is still present with other signs of wet defences & house sites in former outer enclosures.'

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO40643840

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 107846

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 6270

• Web site links
  • http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/castlefarm_madley.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p25
    Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p209 [as Madley No2] p213
    RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol1: south-west p198-9 no27
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Robinson, Rev C.J., 1867, The Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords (Logaston Press, 2002 reprint) p39
    
    
• Journal Articles
  • Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol50 p41
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol119 p119-124