What is recorded here

Exeter Wood still hides a motte castle, though distance and time have blurred its edges. The land may have worn smooth or the wood may have swallowed the shape entirely. Go behind Wood Farm, follow the ground for seven hundred and eighty metres, and test what memory left behind.

The National Heritage List for England records Motte castle in Exeter Wood, 780m south east of Wood 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 in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, the motte castle near Wood Farm is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture in the region. Its scheduling as a monument highlights its historical and archaeological significance.

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