Edvin Loach Ringwork

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

There are earthwork remains

NameEdvin Loach Ringwork
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishEdvin Loach and Saltmarshe

The earthwork and buried remains of a motte (possibly ringwork) and bailey castle at Edvin Loach. The remains of the castle include an Earthen motte mound which is circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 30m. Its sides rise up to 2m to a flat top around 22m in diameter. The motte is surrounded by a broad ditch from which material for its construction will have been quarried. The ditch is clearly visible around the south west quarter, where it survives to a depth of 0.4m and 10m wide. The bailey extends eastwards from the motte, forming a roughly square enclosure with a maximum width of 70m. The central part of the bailey is now occupied by the churchyard belonging to the Old Church of St Mary (C11). (PastScape)

Ringwork & bailey. Buried stone in the ringwork, presumably indicating a shell keep. Much stone on the site & buried in the ditch. A partially collapsed stone wall on the counterscarp bank bordering the farmyard is much thicker at the base than the usual field walls, approx 5'. the C11 ruined church & the later church sit within the bailey. This is an early site which at present is being tidied up, this may remove evidence that should be recorded as soon as possible, the last remaining portion of the bailey ditch is being filled in. (Herefordshire SMR)

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 ReferenceSO662583
Latitude52.2229194641113
Longitude-2.49567008018494
Eastings366230
Northings258390
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 119
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 28
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 6
  • 1981, Herefordshire Countryside Treasures (Hereford and Worcester County Council) p. 36

Journals

  • 1993, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 59 p. 13-14 (plan)
  • Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 50 p. 41