Eardisland Castle
Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Eardisland Castle |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Herefordshire |
| Modern Authority | Herefordshire |
| 1974 Authority | Hereford and Worcester |
| Civil Parish | Eardisland |
This moated mound, probably a castle mound, is about 49m in diameter, rising 3m above the moat level. The proportions of the mound cannot firmly place it as a motte but the top (22m across) is large enough to have taken a shell keep. The moat is fed by a cutting from the River Arrow less than 100m away to the north. A causeway crossed the moat on the north-west, however this no longer exists and access to the mound is difficult. There is no trace of a bailey, but one could have existed and may have extended as far as the church road to the west and south-west. Fish can be seen swimming in the stagnant moat today. 1086: According to the Domesday Survey Eardisland was worth £12 (£6 before 1066) and was held by earl Morcar from the King. 1236: Eardisland was held by the de Braose family, who were responsible for building the castle. It later became one of the possessions of the Mortimers. 1650: Silas Taylor writes "there is on the north side of ye churchyard an old moated hall, was the seat of the Pembridges to have been". (Herefordshire Through Time)
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 Reference | SO420585 |
| Latitude | 52.2223815917969 |
| Longitude | -2.84939002990723 |
| Eastings | 342070 |
| Northings | 258580 |
