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Lingen Castle
Hob Uid: 106359
Location : County of Herefordshire Lingen
Grid Ref : SO3660067270
Summary : Lingen Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork situated to the immediate north of the church. It consists of a roughly circular motte with a large bailey on the west Side. The motte is around 19.2 metres in diameter at the top and it rises circa 6.7 metres above the bottom of a dry ditch. It is roughly level on the summit though the north east portion is slightly higher. The bailey on the west is roughly square and has remains of an inner rampart with traces of a deep ditch on the south and west. On the south side a second rampart forms a bank to the moat. There are traces of a curtain wall around the bailey. The western defences can now hardly be traced. There is evidence to suggest that a shell keep with a gatehouse on the West Side may have once existed on this site. The site is now under pasture but the features remain clearly visible and in good condition. Adjacent to the castle on the north side are the earthwork remains of a medieval village. Lingen Castle and its associated village is an excellent example of a planned Welsh Borders Norman settlement with its castle, church and fossilised village still present today. The motte and bailey are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The remains of the village have been recorded separately (SO 36 NE 74).
More information : (SO 36606727) Lingen Castle (NR) (Remains of). (1) "Mount and bailey earthwork, immediately N of the church, consists of a roughly circular motte with a bailey on the W side. The motte is about 63ft in diameter at the top and rises about 22ft above the bottom of the dry ditch. The bailey is roughly square in shape and has remains of an inner rampart and traces of a ditch on the S and W. Condition bad - motte much damaged on S side". (2) Pubished survey (25") revised. As described. (3) (SO 36606727) Motte & Bailey (NR). (4) Lingen. Motte and bailey of angular plan, another bailey on other side of motte. Neither bailey is at all strong. (5) Additional references. (6-7) The motte and bailey are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (8-10)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Norman
Monument End Date : 1154
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte And Bailey
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.227.13
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 111
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Herefordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1669
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 36 NE 3
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-05-24
End Date : 1972-05-24

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

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Lingen Castle