Raven's Nest Castle perches on the aptly named Castle Hill above Upper Swallow. It was built by Richard de Bohun in 1307 on the site of an earlier Norman motte and bailey. The de Bohun's lived there until the early 16th Century when the line died out. The Castle thereafter fell into ruin but the tower was occupied by a small band of local Royalists under the Baron Roger Clare during the Civil War. Parliamentarian cannon completed the ruin and it has gently fallen to bits since.
It is supposed to be haunted by the ghosts of white ladies and a black hen. The castle is supposed to be the site of buried treasure, but whoever digs a hole during the day will find that it has been filled in again by the fabled Black Hen the next day.
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