Broadward Hall

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

The remains of a motte castle, situated within the flood plain of the River Clun. It would appear that the castle, along with the motte castles at Leintwardine and Clungunford, controlled crossing points at the lower downstream portion of the river. The flat-topped, steep-sided oval mound measures 27m by 32m at its base, 11m by 14m across the top and stands up to 3.5m high. The size of the mound indicates that it was only large enough to support a watch tower. Salter writes that a second mound once lay close by to the SW.

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 SO39367658

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; 106693

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/broadward.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) p7
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p435 [Clungunford no2] [possible]
    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
    1852, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol3 p206