What is recorded here

Beaudesert Castle stands in Stratford-on-Avon as a scheduled monument, preserving a motte and bailey layout with two fishponds. The earthworks suggest a fortified home where people farmed fish and defended property before the landscape changed. Listing protects the remains but does not guarantee entry, so the site may still keep its shape hidden from casual view.

The National Heritage List for England records Beaudesert Castle: motte and bailey castle and two fishponds 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.

Beaudesert Castle, a motte and bailey castle, was built in the 12th century, likely by the de Beaudesert family, who held significant land in the West Midlands. The site is important as a well-preserved example of Norman military architecture and as evidence of medieval land management through its associated fishponds.

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