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Kinaird Castle, Owston Ferry
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Kinnards Ferry; Axholme; Kenefar; Kinardferry
In the civil parish of Owston Ferry.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of North Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Humberside).
The buried and earthwork remains of a Norman earthwork motte and bailey castle. The castle is thought to have been constructed in the late 1080s, to control traffic between Lindsey and the Isle of Axholme across the River Trent. Records suggest that it was partially demolished in 1095, in one of the years when William Rufus faced a revolt in support of his brother's claim to the throne. In 1173-74 the catle was re-fortified by Roger de Mowbray in rebellion against Henry II, but surrendered to royal forces under the command of the king's son Geoffrey Plantagenet in 1174. The castle was then slighted to make it undefendable. The castle is thought to have originally included a motte surrounded by a moat ditch. To the north west were two baileys, the whole surrounded by a bank and second external moat ditch. Excavated in 1995. (Harvey lists Owston and Axholme as two seperate sites)
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 SE80510026
PastScape number;
60921
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p58
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
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p262
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p249
Loughlin, Neil and Miller, Keith, 1979, A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee p156
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p438
Stonehouse, 1839, Isle of Axholme (London) p223-5
Journal Articles
- Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
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