Tags: Military Structure.
Longtown Castle also termed Ewias Lacey in early accounts is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown Herefordshire. Built around 1175 by Hugh de Lacy possibly reusing former Roman earthworks the castle had an unusual design with three baileys and two large enclosures to protect the neighbouring town. Early in the next century the castle was rebuilt in stone with a circular keep erected on the motte and a gatehouse constructed between the inner and outer western baileys.
