Beoley Holt End
Has been described as a Questionable Masonry Castle, and also as a Questionable Fortified Manor House
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Beoley Holt End |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Worcestershire |
| Modern Authority | Worcestershire |
| 1974 Authority | Hereford and Worcester |
| Civil Parish | Beoley |
Water filled earthwork identifiable on 1st Edition OS map and 2005 aerial mapping. Potentially the southern half of a moat, 110-120 metres long across the southern arm. The northern half has been back-filled.
A site visit on 22/04/2008 showed the modern houses to be built on a large rectangular platform raised high above the surrounding area, and commanding good views in all directions. Nash mentions that the Beachamps had a seat in Beoley which burnt down in 1303 and Habingdon mentions a castle in Beoley 'now in ruins'. These two statements are generally taken to refer to The Mount, which lies circa 1km to the west and is Scheduled as an Iron Age Hill fort, re-fortified in the medieval period. However, this site could be the location for the medieval castle and is of significant archaeological potential. The site visit confirmed the survival of substantial earthworks. (Worcestershire and Worcester City HER)
Habington wrote of Beoley: 'Cominge to the mannors which weare purchased by the Earles of Warwicke, Boeley presenteth itself as the fyrst and worthyest, a Lordshyp in former ages fortifyed with a Castell, the Churche mounted on a hyll in the myddest of a large parcke replenyshed with deere, inryched and grand with timber and woodes, and lastly the mannor attended with tenants wanting nothinge concurringe to greatenes.' (VCH)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SP077695 |
| Latitude | 52.323600769043 |
| Longitude | -1.88819003105164 |
| Eastings | 407720 |
| Northings | 269500 |
