KILPECK CASTLE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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KILPECK CASTLE

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Details

KILPECK CP KILPECK SO 43 SW 2/39 Kilpeck Castle

GV II

Ruins of C12 keep with motte and bailey earthworks. Two sandstone rubble sections of walling remain to north and to south-west, the north fragment has the recess of a fireplace and there appears to be the recess of a circlar oven in the south-western fragment. The motte and bailey earth- works are not included in this list. Ancient Monument No 17). (RCHM, Vol I, p 158).

Listing NGR: SO4440230485

Selected Sources

Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire I South West, (1931), 158

National Grid Reference: SO 44412 30489

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