Dursley Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Durslea

In the civil parish of Dursley.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).

Report of 1867, quoting an earlier source, describes substantial foundations seen about 1770. See also Drakestone (ST737980) also identified with site mentioned in 1149 although this is a more likely candidate for this, otherwise, lost castle. Described by Leland as "fell to decay and is clean taken down."

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST755982

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 205233

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern) p20
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p184
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p374

Journal Articles

Walker, D., 1991, 'Gloucestershire Castles' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol109 p5-23
Rawes, B., 1977, 'A Check List of Castles and other Fortified Sites of Medieval Date in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol11 p39-41
Sir Henry Barkly, 1886-87, 'Dursley, Notes on its Lords, the Castle, Church and Borough' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol11 p189-9, 223
9-3-1867, Gloucester Chronical

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/gloceng.html#gloc11]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p184, 191
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol4 p130; Vol5 p96

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