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English Bicknor Castle
In the civil parish of English Bicknor.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).
C11 motte and bailey castle with an inner and outer bailey each surrounded by a ditch mentioned in 1190 and 1217. The motte measures 40 by 50m with a flat top 30 by 20m and stand 4m high. A map of 1608 seems to show a concentric square keep surrounded by a circular moat on the site of the castle south of the church. On the ground the site is clearly a motte and bailey castle with the church in an outer earthen bailey. Uncontrolled excavations discovered a small building.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO58131576
PastScape number;
109558
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern) p20
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p82 [slight]
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p181
Burrow, Edward J., 1919, The Ancient Entrenchments and Camps of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham and London) p84-5
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Journal Articles
- B. Rawes (ed.), 1980, ‘Archaeological Review, 1979’ Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol98 p181
Aston, M., 1980, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol7 p4
Rawes, B., 1977, 'A Check List of Castles and other Fortified Sites of Medieval Date in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol11 p39-41
1972, Glevensis Vol6 p5
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
1931, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol53 p7
Maclean, Sir John, 1879-80, ‘Earthworks in the parish of Bicknor’ Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol4 p303-5 [plan]
Maclean, Sir John, 1876, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol1 p71-9 [history only]
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p225
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