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Shotwick Castle

motte-and-bailey castle in Saughall and Shotwick Park, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK
AdministrativeArea motte_and_bailey_castle Q7502621

Facts

12 properties

Designation

Instance of
motte-and-bailey castle
Heritage designation
scheduled monument[10]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.227°, -2.976°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Shotwick Park, Saughall and Shotwick Park[2][3]

Period and style

Inception
1093[7]
More facts +6
Short name
Shotwick[11]
Commissioned by
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester[5]
Described by source
CastlesFortsBattles[9]
Historic county
Cheshire[12]
OS grid reference
SJ3493570479[8]
Operator
Cheshire West and Chester[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shotwick Castle en Shotwick Castle motte and bailey and late medieval garden remains
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shotwick Castle.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/026__24
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
English%20sites/212
GeoNames ID
6286904
Historic England research records ID
67153
National Heritage List for England number
1016616
Survey of English Place-Names ID
53283646b47fc40856001696
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
Commissioned by 1
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
CastlesFortsBattles
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Instance of 1
motte-and-bailey castle
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Shotwick Park
Operator 1
Cheshire West and Chester
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Summary

Shotwick Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1].

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Shotwick'}
    Operator → Cheshire West and Chester
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Shotwick Park, Saughall and Shotwick Park
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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