Wallop Castle

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameWallop Castle
Alternative NamesLower Wallop; Moat Field
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishWestbury

In 1381 Wallop included a moated capital messuage with a dovecote; the castle ditch recorded in c 1350 probably refers to this (VCH 1968). (Shropshire HER)

Moat Field to the South-West of Lower wallop Farm may be the site of Wallop Castle, a 'moated capital messuage with a dovecote' documented in 1381. A castle ditch is referred to in 1350. (PastScape ref. Jackson)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ324075
Latitude52.6582717895508
Longitude-3.00377988815308
Eastings332400
Northings307500
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 32
  • Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 16
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 435 (possible)
  • Gaydon, A.T. (ed), 1968, VCH Shropshire Vol. 8 p. 303 and n50

Journals

  • Watson, M.D., 1987, 'Gazetteer of Moated Sites in Shropshire' Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 65 p. 8
  • 1980, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol. 7 p. 52