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Ruardean Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Ruardyn
In the civil parish of Ruardean.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).
Fortified Manor House, licence to crenellate of 1310. The surviving evidence suggests the site comprised a courtyard, flanked by short ranges of buildings to the north east and south west, with a tower in the western corner. A gatehouse stood to the south east, with a hollow way leading from it towards the parish church. The site was probably enclosed by a curtain wall and is thought to date from C13. Probably a C13 stone castle converted to more residential fortified manor.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1311 June 1.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO61981782
PastScape number;
111753
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p132, 211
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern) p25
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p476
Currie, C.R.J., Herbert, N.M. (ed), 1996, 'Ruardean' VCH Gloucester Vol5 p231-47 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23261
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p182
Hart, Cyril, 1967, Archaeology in Dean p53
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p261 [Where Edward II is meant not Edward IV], 406
Journal Articles
- Rawes, B., 1977, 'A Check List of Castles and other Fortified Sites of Medieval Date in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol11 p39-41
Maclean, 1883-4, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol8 p130-
Turner and Parker, 1859, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol3 p261
1831, Gentleman's Magazine pt1 p403-4, 487-8
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1307-13) p355
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