Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out
Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls
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Cockroad Wood Castle preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Somerset. The Albion Guide maps ten motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. It sits inside Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.
For arrivals by rail, Bruton Station is 6.4 km to the north-west. For more of the same, Ballands Castle and Orchard Castle are close by.
More at the National Heritage List entry
