Neves Castle

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

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameNeves Castle
Alternative Names
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishLeighton and Eaton Constantine

Place-name associated with a roughly oval-shaped enclosure.

Gatehouse Comments

Has never been considered a medieval castle and mentioned by Jackson purely because of name. Enclosure is recorded as Iron Age or Roman.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ614071
Latitude52.6583099365234
Longitude-2.57230997085571
Eastings361400
Northings307100
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Books

  • Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 72 (reject)

Journals

  • 1892, Shropshire Notes and Queries (reprinted from The Shrewsbury Chronicle) Vol. 1 p. 15-16