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, with a counterscarp bank and to the south-west are traces of a bailey platform, which is cut by the road. A later hall once stood on the site and the motte was part of its formal gardens, used as a prospect mound. 6 miles north-east at Donington le Heath is the Manor House and 10 miles east at Groby is Castle Hill.