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Castle Camps
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Campo
In the civil parish of Castle Camps.
In the historic county of Cambridgeshire (Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire, 1974 county of Cambridgeshire).
Motte and bailey built by Aubrey de Vere soon after the Norman Conquest, as the administrative centre of his large estate. It is the largest Medieval fortress in the county, being notable for its small bailey, and the size of the motte, whose flat top covers just over an acre. The date of the enlargement of the bailey to its present size is . There are records of work being carried out in the castle between 1265 and 1331, and it has been suggested that this could refer to the construction of the new bailey. Formerly had a Great Tower. An evaluation and watching brief located wall foundations of C15 brick building. The lack of other archaeology suggests the top of the castle motte was demolished in C15/16.
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 TL626424
PastScape number;
377051
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p17
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p13 [slight]
Taylor, Alison, 1986, Castles of Cambridgeshire (Cambridge)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p39
Pevsner, N., 1970, The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire (London, Penguin) p245
Phillips, 1948, in Salzman, L.F. (ed), VCH Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Vol2 p21
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p312
Lysons, D. and S., 1808-22, Magna Britannia Vol2 p156-7
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p11
Journal Articles
- Taylor, C.C., 1972-3, 'Cambridgeshire earthwork surveys: motte and bailey castle and deserted village, Castle Camps' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vol64 p38-41
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