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Motte at Tregate Castle Farm

Scheduled monument

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Motte at Tregate Castle Farm stands as a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, marking a hilltop where human hands shaped the earth into a defensive shape. The soil remembers the weight of boots, the smell of rain on clay, and the quiet patience of grass returning to claim what people built. It is not a display tray for strangers, but a living boundary between memory and forgetting.
The National Heritage List for England records Motte at Tregate Castle 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.
The motte at Tregate Castle Farm was likely built in the 12th or 13th century, typical of the Norman period, and served as a defensive and administrative centre. It is remembered as an important scheduled monument, reflecting medieval military architecture and land control in rural England.

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