Castle Bank
Shropshire, England
Castle Bank is a motte-and-bailey castle in Shropshire, England. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Acton Burnell Castle, 5.6 mi away.
Castle Bank at a glance
Type
Motte-and-bailey castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Acton Burnell Castle
5.6 mi away
Castles in Shropshire
27
England
About Castle Bank
Castle Bank is a Middle Ordovician aged fossiliferous deposit, which is found outcropping within the Gilwern Volcanic Formation of the wider Builth Volcanic Group, near to Llandrindod Wells in Mid Wales. Considered to be a Konservat-Lagerstätte, it contains an abundance of Burgess Shale-type fauna, such as the opabiniid-like panarthropod Mieridduryn bonniae, which is notably rare in the Ordovician.
From the Wikipedia article on Castle Bank, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Bank sits at 52.5812, -2.8128 in Shropshire. The closest other castles are Acton Burnell Castle (5.6 mi), Cheney Longville Castle (8.8 mi) and Holdgate Castle (8.9 mi). Shropshire has 27 castles in all.
