Moated Earthworks of the West Midlands: Subsurface Hydraulics at Weoley Castle near Birmingham Standing in red sandstone ruin four miles southwest of Birmingham city centre, Weoley Castle preserves one of the English Midlands’ most instructive examples of a 13th-century moated manor. The earthworks here — a wide moat cut through […]
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Off-the-Beaten-Track Birmingham Road Trip Guide 2026: Exploring Medieval Moats and Tudor Manor Houses Birmingham stands at the centre of one of England’s richest heritage corridors: a city whose restored industrial canals feed directly into a Warwickshire landscape studded with moated medieval manors and timber-framed Tudor halls. This guide covers a […]
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