Burton Pedwardine

In the civil parish of Burton Pedwardine.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Earthworks of a major multi-period site and can be identified as the caput of the Craon estate. No detailed account of the complex has been found, but in the light of the manor's importance in 1066 and the proximity of the site to the Domesday church, it is possible that it has pre-Conquest antecedents. Its earliest discernible phase, however, seems to be a motte, presumably of C12, on which Manor Farm House now stands. An engraving of 1812 illustrates the feature from the south with the church beyond. The substantial ditch which occupies the foreground still surrounds the earthwork, but the indications of a bailey are not immediately apparent. Subsequently, the site seems to have been remodelled, and the whole was probably surrounded by a wall in C14.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF11874205

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 351134

• Web site links
  • http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/earthworks/castles/burtonped.htm
• Books
  • Roffe, David, 1993, 'Castles' in Bennett, S. and Bennett, N. (eds), An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (University of Hull Press) p40-1