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Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley Hall

Scheduled monument
Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley Hall
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Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley Hall is a scheduled monument in Coventry, England. The earthworks stand fifteen hundred metres south-southwest of Allesley Hall, marking a place where power once gathered before memory faded. Listing protects the ground but does not guarantee entry, so the castle keeps its distance even now.
The National Heritage List for England records Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley Hall 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 Allesley Hall 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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