
What is recorded here
Castle Hill carries a medieval motte and bailey where a steep natural scarp was widened into a massive oval rise. The ground still shows an irregular bailey, a damaged ridge top and a broad enclosed area beside the road. Quarrying has bitten into the work, yet the shape remains large enough to suggest that power once stood above the surrounding land.
The National Heritage List for England records Earthwork on Castle Hill 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
East Chelborough Victorian Postbox and NoticeboardOld post box · 417 yd
Victorian Postbox at East ChelboroughOld post box · 448 yd
Source of the River Frome, St John's Well, EvershotOld or holy well · 1.4 mi
St John's WellSpring · 1.4 mi
Corscombe Court barnScheduled monument · 1.6 mi
Banger's MoorForest · 1.8 mi
Ash CopseForest · 2.0 mi
St Mary, Melbury Bubb: statue (a)Monument or public art · 2.8 mi
Kingcombe Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.9 mi
Castle HillArchaeological place · 4.2 mi
Batcombe Church from within the graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.2 mi
Popes Hill - Toller PorcorumMountain or hill · 4.3 miOther information
Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0