Ratlinghope Castle Ring

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are earthwork remains

NameRatlinghope Castle Ring
Alternative Names
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishRatlinghope

Early Iron Age defended settlement enclosure or univallate hillfort and Late Bronze Age cross dyke surviving as earthworks.

Gatehouse Comments

Has never been considered a medieval castle and mentioned by Jackson purely because of name.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO404977
Latitude52.5746994018555
Longitude-2.8797299861908
Eastings340450
Northings297750
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Books

  • Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 71 (reject)
  • Wall (after Downham), 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol. 1 p. 376-7
  • Anderson, J.C., 1864 (2edn 1972), Shropshire, Its Early History and Antiquities p. 209

Other

  • English Heritage (1994) Scheduling Papers (Revision, 25/05/1994)
  • English Heritage, 1994, Scheduling Papers (Revision, 25/05/1994)
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission, 1987, Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 32541 (15/06/1987)