Putley Castle

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NamePutley Castle
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishPutley

There is not much to see on this site except for a small mound with stunted tree on top. There is evidence of stones overgrown with grass on the top of the mound. An elderly resident recalls that the site has always been called 'Putley Castle' and he remembers walls standing when he was a little boy. (Herefordshire Through Time)

Small mound with stunted tree on top. (1952) Evidently consists of stones overgrown with grass, 1 of oldest inhabitants told me it had always been called Putley Castle & he remembered quite a lot of wall standing as a boy. Some of walls at Newtons Farm and the lodge gates of Putley Court have been built of stones (OS record VEL 1952) Castle & moat 1/2 SE of Putley Court (Bevan) No trace at site or in immediate vicinity (OS reccord 1971) Shown as an island on the tithe map and called Island with Mill Pond. It seems to low to be a defended site but there was clearly a building here at one time which no doubt supplied the stone for the wall at Newton's (HSM 24422). Pottery from a badger set on the island was identified as a jug handle of 14th to 16th century date. (Currie and Lowe, 2005). (Herefordshire SMR)

Gatehouse Comments

There is a hint of a moated site here on the 1891 OS map but that is in the middle of an old orchard. Any evidence of mound may have been lost when orchard was removed. The position is entirely possible as a manorial centre although this now appears to be Putley Court 500m west.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO648373
Latitude52.0331687927246
Longitude-2.51378011703491
Eastings364850
Northings237320
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 246
  • Bevan Davies, 1897, Archaeological Survey of Herefordshire p. 27

Journals

  • Currie, Jean and Lowe, Roz, 2005, 'Field Meeting to Putley' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 76 p. 63-4