Cublington Castle Farm, Madley

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte), and also as a Certain Masonry Castle

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameCublington Castle Farm, Madley
Alternative NamesCubbington; Cubbeston
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishMadley

Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey. The motte is 2.5m high and 45m in diameter at the base. it is mutilated on its crest and destroyed in the south west by the construction of Castle Farm. Traces of a ditch, now 0.4m deep remain in the north west, but the bailey to the south west implied by RCHME is apparently natural. Probably the site of Cublington castle. Stirling Jones writes 'Motte & bailey, prob large shell keep. Although a stone castle existed on this site the motte is now obscured by a later house. There are buried stone foundations on the edge of the former bailey. Stone on & around the site was used as hard core under the modern buildings, part of the wet moat is still present with other signs of wet defences & house sites in former outer enclosures.' (Derived from Herefordshire Through Time)

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO406384
Latitude52.0408096313477
Longitude-2.86683988571167
Eastings340640
Northings238400
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 221-2
  • Phillips, Neil, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250 (University of Wales) p. 148-9 Download from ADS
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 25
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 13
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 209 (as Madley No. 2) p. 213
  • RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 1: south-west p. 198-9 No. 27 online transcription
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Herefordshire Vol. 1 p. 250
  • Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 101 online copy
  • Robinson, C.J., 1869, The Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords (London: Longman) p. 39 online copy

Journals

  • 1989, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 51 p. 28-9 (plan)
  • Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 50 p. 44
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124 (possible)
  • 1924, 'Madley and Whitfield, Fourth Field Meeting, Thursday August 28th' Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club p. xxi-xxii