The Gatehouse website record for Brow Castle, Westbury

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Brough Castle; Lower Newton Farm

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

A square moat surrounds Lower Newton Farm (13401), which presumably is on the site of the former hamlet of Newton. The dry moat is up to 1.5m deep and remains on all but the east side of the house. (OS 1971)
Rectangular moated site of which three sides survive. The N and W arms are best preserved and average c 6m wide and c 1.5m deep. It was probably fed by a stream that now runs along the W arm . The island measures c 28m square and is raised c 0.5m above the surrounding ground level. A timber framed farmhouse (SA 13401) stood on the island till it was demolished in the 1970s. Short stretches of outer bank can be traced along the N & S arms of the moat. (M Watson 1981 Shrop SMR field report)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ38340844

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 66309
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 03428 '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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