Burf Castle

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

There are earthwork remains

NameBurf Castle
Alternative Names
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishClaverley

Burf Castle an Iron Age defended settlement situation on a low hill at 125m OD. It is defined by a scarp slope generally 1.6m in height, with a steep natural slope on the south-west.

The enclosed area measures 140.0m from north-west to south-east, by 60.0m transversely, and there are traces of an apparently inturned entrance at the south east end. The north-west end encloses a natural knoll with traces of an external ditch. The apparent ditch at the south-east end appears to be a natural gully.

The earthwork is planted with trees, and obscured by dense undergrowth. (PastScape ref. Field Investigators Comments F1 DJC 11-JAN-79)

Gatehouse Comments

Earthwork remains of an Iron Age univallate hillfort. Has never been considered a medieval castle and mentioned by Jackson purely because of name. The air photo (Getmapping 2013) shows the centre of the copse cleared of tree making the natural knoll in the earthwork look like a motte and bailey. However, the isolated location, makes it clear this was a pre-historic site.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO762908
Latitude52.5152893066406
Longitude-2.35099005699158
Eastings376270
Northings290850
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Books

  • Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 69 (reject)
  • Wall (after Downham), 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol. 1 p. 379-80