Lingen Ringwork

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are earthwork remains

NameLingen Ringwork
Alternative NamesThe Churchyard
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishLingen

The remains of a ringwork and bailey, known locally as The Churchyard. The mound has a diameter of about 125 feet at the top, and it rises at most about 11.5 feet above the surrounding ditch. There are traces of a bank. It is surrounded by a dry ditch except on the north, where there is a deep gully and a stream. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The name 'The Churchyard' is applied to both castles in Lingen parish. It seems to be most often applied to the ringwork which is isolated and not near a Church, it is less often applied to the motte and bailey adjacent to the actual churchyard of Lingen parish church.

- 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 ReferenceSO372681
Latitude52.3074188232422
Longitude-2.92190003395081
Eastings337240
Northings268100
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 199
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 47
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 12
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 208 (as No. 2 The Churchyard)
  • 1981, Herefordshire Countryside Treasures (Hereford and Worcester County Council) p. 5
  • RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 3: north-west p. xxviii (plan), 137 No. 13 online transcription
  • Gould, I. Chalkley, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Herefordshire Vol. 1 p. 228 (plan)

Journals

  • Sterling Brown, R., 2005, 'Field trip to Lingen and Pedwardine' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 76 p. 26-36
  • 1992, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 58 p. 35
  • 1992, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 57 p. 28
  • King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol. 3 p. 90-127
  • 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
  • Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol. 33 p. 106-12 (listed as precursor to Lingen)