Leigh Castle Green

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Castleleigh

In the civil parish of Leigh.
In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Earthwork and buried remains of the medieval motte and bailey castle at Castle Green. The motte is 4-5m high and 13-15m in diameter around the top. It is surrounded by a ditch 1-2m wide and 1m deep, with a counterscarp bank. To the south of the motte are the remains of another flat-topped mound, rising 3-4m above ground level and measuring 40m in diameter. The mound is partly surrounded by a ditch containing a water course on the north and west and partly enclosed by a moat or ponds to the south and west sides. The area thus defined is believed to be the inner bailey of the complex. The monument is first identified in a document of 1346 although the form of the earthworks suggest an earlier, Norman origin. The castle may be identified with the manor of Castleleigh held by the Pembridge family from the Abbots of Pershore in C13.

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 SO78065198

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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PastScape number; 114026