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Llancillo Castle
In the civil parish of Llancillo.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).
Remains of a Motte and Bailey. The motte is circular, about 8m high and 39m in circumference at the base, and surrounded by a dry ditch and an outer rampart. Around the the top of the Motte, which is 15m across are traces of rubble walling which may be associated with a shell keep. The castle is probably late C11 in date.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO36712554
PastScape number;
105625
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1477
- Web site links
- Books
- Prior, Stuart, 2006, A Few Well-Positioned Castles: The Norman Art of War (Tempus) p110-164
Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p48
Remfry, Paul M., 1998, The Castles of Ewias Lacy, 1048 to 1403 (SCS Publishing: Worcestershire)
Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p103 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p208
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p256
RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol1: south-west p.xxxv, 165
Chalkley Gould, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Hereford Vol1 p228
- Journal Articles
- Halliwell, P.R. (ed), 1990, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol53, 16
Thomas, M. and Coplestone-Crow, B., 1982, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol40 p6-10 [sketch plan]
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
Renn, D.F., 1961, 'The round keeps of the Brecon region' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol110 p141
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