Anchor
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Anchor |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Shropshire |
| Modern Authority | Shropshire |
| 1974 Authority | Shropshire |
| Civil Parish | Bettws y Crwyn |
This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King. Reported in PastScape as "Possible Bronze Age round barrow visible as a slight earthwork."
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SO177854 |
| Latitude | 52.4603309631348 |
| Longitude | -3.21195006370544 |
| Eastings | 317750 |
| Northings | 285400 |
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Books
- Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 69 (reject)
- Wall (after Downham), 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol. 1 p. 411 (a tumulus)
Journals
- 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 (reject)