Bromwich Castle
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Bromwich Castle was in the large village now called Castle Bromwich
in the West Midlands
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The remains of a motte and bailey castle have been largely destroyed by the construction of the M6 motorway
. There is evidence for a timber structure on top of the motte and for 12-13th century buildings inside the bailey along with a 16th century house.
Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich is a suburb situated within the northern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. It is bordered by the rest of the borough to the south east, North Warwickshire to the east and north east; also Shard End to the south west, Castle Vale,...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
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The remains of a motte and bailey castle have been largely destroyed by the construction of the M6 motorway
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...
. There is evidence for a timber structure on top of the motte and for 12-13th century buildings inside the bailey along with a 16th century house.