Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Oswestry Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress immediately north east of Christ Church, built after the conquest to hold the Welsh Marches frontier. Its earthwork mound and adjoining town wall still mark the defensive circuit, preserving early Norman military architecture in the borderlands. The site remains substantially intact, a scheduled monument where frontier danger and everyday town life still overlap.

The National Heritage List for England records Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church 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 by the Normans following the 1066 conquest, Oswestry Castle was held by various Anglo-Norman lords, including the de Montgomerie family, in the 11th and 12th centuries. It is important as a strategic military and administrative site controlling the border between England and Wales.

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