Archenfield Archaeology Ltd

Weobley Castle
Herefordshire


This project was carried out with the Weobley and district Local History Society The first phase of this project ran between August and December 2002. The fieldwork element of the second phase ended on 14th November 2004.


An Anatomy of a Castle: The Weobley Castle Project edited by George Nash and George Children, this book is about phase 1 of the project. It is published by Logaston Press - £5.95

		The motte of Weobley Castle in 2004

Weobley Castle (631) on the 1838 Tithe Map









The second phase - Autumn 2004
The second phase of the project was the excavation of a series of trenches around and on the site of the castle. This is took place on alternative weekends and ended on 14th November 2004. This successfully demonstrated the presence of 15th and 16th century structures within the castle bailey - see below.



looking towards Weobley from the castle


		surveying
Excavations in the area around the castle


Remains of the walls of a building to the west of the castle

Excavations within the bailey
		Medieval stone floor at Weobley Castle This floor was within one of the buildings in the bailey

Two houses in the bailey shown on Silas Taylor's plan. The floor above seems to have been in the right hand 'dwelling house'

base of a wall in the bailey

Series - Weobley Archaeology, Weobley Castle