Bicton Castle Mound

In the civil parish of Clun.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Shropshire, 1974 county of Shropshire).

C11-C12 motte surviving as an earthwork. The motte has been much mutilated by gravel digging, but had a base diameter of about 25m. Its present maximum height is 2.3m. The ditch and outer bank remain only on the south east side, elsewhere they have been dug away. The ditch is 10m wide and 2m deep; the bank is 8m wide and 1.2m high externally. The bailey is a level rectangular platform around 14m by 25m.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO28938256

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; 105365

Web site links
- http://www.castlewales.com/bicton.html
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p87 [slight]
  Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p4
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p423 [Clun no2]
  Wall [after Downham], 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol1 p384-5
Journal Articles
- 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

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