The Gatehouse website record for Halford Castle

In the civil parish of Halford. In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Earthworks and buried remains of a motte castle. The flat-topped mound has a diameter of 28m at its base and stands some 4m high. A quarry ditch surrounds the mound, on all but the western side, and survives as a buried feature 5m wide. On the western side the river serves as a natural boundary. There are references to a castle at Halford in the early C14 Subsidy Roll and the motte castle is believed to be the predecessor to the present manor house situated some 260m to the north east.
Halford is a crossing of the Fosse Way of the River Stour

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP25794568

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 332891
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 2287 '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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