Chesterton Walls

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

There are earthwork remains

NameChesterton Walls
Alternative Names
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishRomsley

Large Iron Age multivallate hillfort set within a steep sided bend of the Stratford Brook, a tributary of the River Worfe. Roughly D-shaped in plan and with an annexe. Roman coins found here indicate that occupation may have continued into the Roman period. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Casterton Walls Iron Age Hill Fort is sometime called Chesterton Castle. Has never been considered a medieval castle and mentioned by Jackson purely because of its 'castle' 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 ReferenceSO786966
Latitude52.5675315856934
Longitude-2.31610989570618
Eastings378670
Northings296680
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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. 277, 377-8
  • Edwards, E., 1858, Notes on the Castellated Structures of Shropshire p. 21

Other

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission, 1983, Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 13153