Bruces Castle Farm, Conington

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bruck; Cunnington

In the civil parish of Conington.
In the historic county of Huntingdonshire (Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire, 1974 county of Cambridgeshire).

Medieval moated site which takes it's name from Bernard de Brus who built a manor here in in about 1242. The island is roughly square measuring 100m by 80m and surrounded by a moat 6m wide and 3m deep which is water filled with the exception of the western arm. There are also remains of a fishpond 15m long by 1.7m wide.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL18408458

PastScape number; 363963

Books

King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p225
Page, Wm , Proby, Granville and Inskip Ladds, S. (eds), 1936, VCH Huntingdon Vol3 p145
Inskip Ladds, S., 1926, in Page, Wm and Proby, Granville (eds), VCH Huntingdon Vol1 p296
RCHME, 1926, An inventory of the historical monuments in Huntingdonshire p63 no3
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)

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

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/huntseng.html#hunts6]

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Bruces Castle Farm, Conington

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL18408458

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