Shackerstone Castle is a medieval earthwork motte and bailey fortress, which was used as a World War II air raid shelter. The flat-topped motte, is partly encased by a wide ditch and a counterscarp bank and to the south-west are traces of a bailey platform, which as been cut by the road. A later hall once stood on the site and the castle was part of its formal gardens, bring used as a prospect mound. 6 miles north-east is Donington-le-Heath Manor House and 10 miles east is Groby Castle.