What is recorded here

Camp Ring is a Norman motte and bailey castle that still stands as earth and memory 400 metres east of Culmington Farm. Its mound, bailey, enclosure, fishpond and ridge-and-furrow fields reveal a fortified home that also fed itself, probably with people moving through Shropshire in the medieval period. The land remembers both defence and daily labour, preserving a small world where power, food and ordinary life were shaped into one place.

The National Heritage List for England records Camp Ring motte and bailey castle, enclosure, fishpond and ridge and furrow 400m east of Culmington Farm 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 during the late 11th or early 12th century, Camp Ring motte and bailey castle was likely constructed by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066 to consolidate control over the surrounding area. It is important as a well-preserved example of early medieval military and agricultural land use in the region.

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