Stanage Farm Motte
Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Stanage Farm Motte |
| Alternative Names | Lower Stanage |
| Historic Country | Radnorshire |
| Modern Authority | Powys |
| 1974 Authority | Powys |
| Community | Knighton |
A ditched motte, c.28m in diameter and 4.6m high, with a summit 6.0m in diameter, resting on a natural scarp above the flood plain of the Teme (Coflein), Motte 4.6m max height. top diam 6m. ditch 1m deep. Poss outwork to SW. (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)
The monument comprises the remains of a motte and bailey castle, a military stronghold built during the medieval period. A motte and bailey castle comprises a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil or stone (the motte) surrounded by, or adjacent to, one or more embanked enclosures (the bailey). Both may be surrounded by wet or dry ditches and could be further strengthened with palisades, revetments, and/or a tower on top of the motte. The castle at Stanage stands on the right bank of the river Teme, and takes advantage of a small natural hillock c. 6.0m high, on which a mound c. 4.6m high, with a summit c.6.0m in diameter has been constructed. A shallow ditch, not more than c.1.0m deep, surrounds the mound on all sides except the north, where the hillside provides a natural defence. Scarps to east and west of the mound define areas which may have been used as the bailey. (Scheduling Report)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
Not Listed
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SO331730 |
| Latitude | 52.3515815734863 |
| Longitude | -2.98391008377075 |
| Eastings | 333100 |
| Northings | 273070 |
