page_title: Richard's Castle
section_title: Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Richard's Castle / Castle
caption_attribution_description: English: Richards Castle. Richards Castle, ditch around motte. This was built by the Normans before the Conquest. smr record at http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/db.php?smr_no=1661
context_page_description: Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Herefordshire section of the parish had a population of 250 at the 2011 Census. The Shropshire section of the parish had a population of 424 at the 2011 Census.
  The village lies on the B4361 road, 5 ¹⁄₂ miles south of the historic market town of Ludlow. It is to some degree a dispersed settlement, with an older core near the castle, some ³⁄₄ mile to the northwest of the now larger main part of the village which is situated on the B4361. There is a Village Hall and a traditional public house called The Castle Inn, both situated on the B4361.
context_section_description: Today the fortress is reduced mainly to its earthworks and foundations. A polygonal keep stood on the high motte or mound. This was reached possibly via a semi-circular barbican. The bailey wall still stands twenty feet high in places and there are remains of several towers and an early gatehouse around the perimeter. There, earthwork remains of an outer ward enclosing the church (St Bartholomew's) and a borough defence.
caption: The earthworks of Richard's Castle
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