Bromfield
During military campaigns, the Roman army would always seek to protect itself by erecting temporary defences around its overnight camp-sites. These were simple structures consisting of a simple earthern bank thrown up from an external ditch and reinforced by a timber palisade.
The most significant discovery of this kind can be found at the village of Bromfield, three kilometeres north-west of Ludlow. Excavations of the earthwork showed that the rampart was three to three and a half metres wide. Despite excavation, no dating evedence has been found although the remains must have belonged to one of many Roman campaigns in the county.
Within the village itself a gatehouse to the former priory stands on the west side of the village churchyard. It is the only remaining building from the former monastry. The butressed stonework is probably fourteenth century and the timber framed upper storey probably dates from after the priorys disolution in 1538. During the early nineteenth century, the gatehouse was used as a schoolhosue but more recently for local village purposes. The gatehosue is privately owned and cannotbe visited.
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