Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Baynard's Castle stands as a scheduled monument in the City of London, marking a spot where royal authority once collided with ordinary life. The exact boundary remains hidden beneath modern streets, yet the designation preserves the memory of power concentrated in a small castle. People may have lived, traded or feared within its walls, their footsteps erased but their presence still shaping the identity of the neighbourhood.

The National Heritage List for England records Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built by the de Baynard family in the 12th century, Baynard's Castle is remembered as a medieval stronghold associated with the influential Baynard family of Essex and as an example of early motte-and-bailey castle construction in the region.

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