Pan Castle

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

Medieval motte and bailey castle surviving as an earthwork and a possible fishpond. The motte has a base diameter of 65m north to south and 80m east to west and a height of 3.8m. The flat summit is 45m north to south and 60m east to west. The encircling ditch is 10 to 15m wide and 1 to 1.5m deep. There is a counterscarp bank on the north and west sides 1.7m in height. The rectangular bailey to the south measures 170m east to west by 140m transversely. There is evidence for a fishpond in the south east corner of the bailey.

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 SJ52624047

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; 71010

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p83
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p219 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p62
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p432 [Whitchurch no2]
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Wall [after Downham], 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol1 p400-1

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
Forrest, H.E., 1916 Nov 24, 'Shropshire Notes and Queries' Oswestry Chronicle
Godsal, 1914, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol14 p464-6
Eyton, E.W., 1887, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol10 p27-8

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Shrewsbury Local Studies Library - Whitchurch envelope H61

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