The Gatehouse website record for Woodhead Castle, Great Casterton

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Woodhead Moat; Wodeheved; Wodheved

In the civil parish of Great Casterton. In the historic county of Rutland (Modern Authority of Rutland, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Medieval moated ringwork with attached bailey with outlying fishpond surviving as earthworks. The buildings including a chapel, ruinous in 1543, are visible as building foundations. The moated ringwork measures approximately 90m by 90m with arms 12m wide and 4m deep, except in the north-western corner where the moat has been enlarged. The moat island exhibits an inner bank and stone wall surviving to a height of 1m in the south-east area. The foundations of buildings, including a chapel, are to be seen on the north side of the island. The outer fishpond is thought to be contemporary with the monument.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK997117

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 325346
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