Barrow upon Humber; The Castles

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Goxhill

In the civil parish of Barrow upon Humber.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of North Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Humberside).

Medieval motte and auxiliary earthworks including baileys and stock pens. Surviving largely as an earthwork although the northern outer bailey, where it extends north of Hann Lane, is visible as cropmarks. Possibly the castle of Peter of Goxhill mentioned in 1140's

This site has been described as a;
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 TA06572252

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; 78991

• Web site links
  • http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/112/thecastles.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p44
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p148 [slight]
    Roffe, David, 1993, 'Castles' in Bennett, S. and Bennett, N. (eds), An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (University of Hull Press) p40-1
    Pevsner, Nikolaus and John Harris; revised by Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p180
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p259
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Stukeley, 1743, Itinerarium Curiosum (London) Vol2 p92 and plates
• Journal Articles
  • Atkins, C., 1983, ‘ “The Castles”, Barrow-on-Humber' Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol18 p91–3
    Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1983, ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1982' Medieval Archaeology Vol27 p183-4
    1905, Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society Vol12 p21-22I
    Sampson, J.E., 1887-8, Associated Architectural Societies' reports and papers [Lincoln, York, Northampton, Bedford, Worcester, Leicester and Sheffield] Vol19 p359-60
    Hesleden, 1882, W.S., Gentleman's Magazine Archaeology pt 1 p3-6; Archaeology pt 2 p228-33
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p317