Croston

In the civil parish of Croston.
In the historic county of Lancashire (Modern Authority of Lancashire, 1974 county of Lancashire).

Site of Castle and Moat. The site of the castle is within a roughly triangular-shaped field of pasture, planted with fruit trees, except for the western end. The owner stated that the site had not been ploughed within living memory. No finds have been recovered and there are no visible remains. The site must be considered purely hypothetical. Marked as site of castle on 1847 map. Site is quite consistant with manorial centre at other end of village from church and with timber castle later replaced by moated manor house, possibly in bailey. Site of castle is now encrouched upon by buildings but moat site still open field. Requires archaeological investigation but definately a possible castle site. I assume that close proximity to river has resulted in flooding removing all traces.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD48811855

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

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