The Gatehouse website record for Inkberrow Castle

In the civil parish of Inkberrow. In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

A castle with a park was in existence at Inkberrow in or before 1193-4, and in 1216 wood was provided for its repair. Its destruction was ordered in 1233 and as it was probably only an earthwork with wooden defences it was so completely destroyed that its site is not now known (VCH). The manor was obtained from the Bishop of Hereford by John Marshal, who may have built the castle circa 1174 x 1176. (Brown). (PastScape record 328543)
Medieval moat at Inkberrow village Millenium Green, with associated possible fishponds and ridge and furrow. The island is 34m by 27m and surounded by a water filled moat 6m wide and 2m deep, with a low external bank. Traces of a leat which fed the moat via a fishpond from the adjacent stream exist in the north east corner. The possible fishpond feature is irregular in shape and 14m in diameter. To the north is a further possible fishpond 60m by 20m. A leat from the stream feeds into its eastern side. A series of drainage ditches to the north and west collect surface water and define an enclosure at the north western corner of the moat. There have been alternative interpretations of the ponds as later features, possibly associated with brickearth pits of the early 18th century; though this interpretation is uncertain. The remains of ridge and furrow are located to the west and north of the moat and more fragmentarily to the east of the stream. Scheduled. (PastScape record 328523)
The documentary evidence makes it certain that there was a fortification at Inkberrow. On the bases of this moat being next to the church I believe it highly probably that this represents the site of the documented castle, modified and recut at a later date and with possibly further post-medieval alteration.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP01715728

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 328543; 328523
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