What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Swerford 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.
Swerford Castle was built in the 12th century by the de Swerford family, a local Norman landholding family. It is remembered as an example of a motte-and-bailey castle and for its later use as a country house, reflecting the transition from military to domestic architecture in the medieval period.
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Places near here
Church of St MaryListed building · 80 yd
St Mary's Church, SwerfordChurch, cross or graveyard · 129 yd
Waterfall near SwerfordWaterfall · 213 yd
Hook Norton cuttingNature reserve · 1.0 mi
Banbury Road BeltWood · 1.0 mi
Butter HillMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Old Milestone by the B4031, Iron Down HillMonument or public art · 1.9 mi
Driveway to Hill FarmMountain or hill · 1.9 mi
Hook Norton BreweryHeritage attraction · 2.0 mi
Mary Anne Boulton monumentMonument or public art · 2.2 mi
Waterfall and stream, Heythrop Park near Chipping NortonWaterfall · 2.7 mi
Cattle and FortCastle, fort or tower · 2.9 miOther information
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