Kilpeck Castle: A Medieval Administrative Centre in Herefordshire
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.5
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Primary era
- Medieval
- External website
- Open
- Eras represented
- Medieval
- Civilizations
- Norman
- Site type
- Military
- Remains
- Castle
History
Kilpeck Castle is a castle ruin in Kilpeck, England, United Kingdom. A small motte, a raised earth mound designed to support a fortified structure, was constructed around 1090 at the western edge of the village. It served as an administrative centre for Archenfield, the historic border region in present-day southern Herefordshire near Wales.
Some of the castle’s surviving walls date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The castle stood on its mound amid surrounding earthworks, and the remains include parts of two wall sections together with an open fireplace and flue. The ruins are in poor condition. Kilpeck lies about 15 kilometres southwest of Hereford and about 8 kilometres east of the Wales-England border, at an elevation of 108 metres. The surrounding landscape is predominantly agricultural and generally flat, with hillier terrain to the south.
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