What is recorded here

Mouse motte and bailey castle stands in Herefordshire as a scheduled monument, preserving the earthworks of a fortress that watched the land before written memory. The mound still rises above the fields, inviting imagination about the guards, fires and fears that filled its wooden halls. Listing protects the shape of that lost world, even if the path to it remains hidden beneath grass and time.

The National Heritage List for England records Mouse motte and bailey castle 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, Mouse motte and bailey castle was likely constructed by a Norman lord to establish control over the local area following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting the widespread use of motte and bailey castles in the medieval landscape for military and administrative purposes.

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