What is recorded here

Weoley Castle is a scheduled monument in Birmingham, England, where a moated and fortified manor house still stands beneath a modern suburb. The name comes from the Old English Wēo-lēah, meaning temple clearing, hinting that a heathen temple may have occupied the ground before the castle rose. Excavations between 1960 and 1961 uncovered a 13th-century wooden building, while volunteer Castle Keepers now protect the stone remains and moat for public viewing.

The National Heritage List for England records Weoley 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.

Weoley Castle was built in the 15th century by Thomas Foley, a wealthy Staffordshire landowner, and later held by the Foley family for generations. It is remembered as an example of late medieval domestic architecture and for its historical association with the influential Foley lineage in the West Midlands.

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