The Gatehouse website record for Broadward Hall

In the civil parish of Clungunford. In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Shropshire, 1974 county of Shropshire).

The remains of a motte castle, situated within the flood plain of the River Clun. It would appear that the castle, along with the motte castles at Leintwardine and Clungunford, controlled crossing points at the lower downstream portion of the river. The flat-topped, steep-sided oval mound measures 27m by 32m at its base, 11m by 14m across the top and stands up to 3.5m high. The size of the mound indicates that it was only large enough to support a watch tower. Any surrounding ditch or bailey enclosure long silted up. Salter writes that a second mound once lay close by to the SW.
In this situation a small mound with a grain store on top would be a sensible precaution against winter floods and, although I expect this was a 'knights fee' farmstead type motte of mostly symbolic value here it and it's possible companion would have a pure utilitarian function.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO39367658

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 106693
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 03347 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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