Redbourne Castle Hills

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

Medieval motte and bailey, alternatively thought to be a moated site. A Bailey like enclosure seen as earthworks at Castle Hills. The enclosure is visible on two sides to the east and south of a house. The enclosure is defined by three banks and ditches. The earthworks have been ploughed flat but are visible as cropmarks. The site is almost certainly that of a bailey - no motte visible.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK97449993

PastScape number; 326958

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p69 [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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1964, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p340 [slight]

Journal Articles

White, A.J., 1978, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol12 p34
King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Loughlin, Neil and Miller, Keith, 1979, A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee p208

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Redbourne Castle Hills

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK97449993

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