Bodrugan

In the civil parish of St Goran.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Spreadbury writes that, according to Borlase, a splendid castle in Goran of which remains survived till the end of C18?. The PastScape gives SX002436 (NMRN 431109) for an alleged site of a castle with no further supporting evidence. There is also an uncertain earthwork nearby called Castle Hill at SX000437 (NMRN 431118), and a square earthwork marked castle on the 1st edition OS at SX024427. However, in my opinion, Borlase's castle is most likely Bodrugan Barton, described in the PastScape as 'Medieval barton owned by the Bodrugan family. The buildings comprised a farmhouse and chapel and were accompanied possibly by a park. The chapel is documented in 1372, and like other buildings in the complex was pulled down in 1786. Only a wall of the chapel remains as part of a barn.' This is clearly high status enough to be called a castle and the date for destruction is correct. Leland records Bodrugan Park as having contained the 'house' of Sir Henry Bodrugan.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX01534350

PastScape number; 431106

Books

Spreadbury, I. D., 1984, Castles in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Redruth)
Borlase, William, 1754, Antiquites, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall (Oxford)

Journal Articles

Sheppard, P., 1966, Cornish Archaeology Cornwall Archaeological Society Vol5 p76
Henderson, C., 1956, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol2 p184-5

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p75

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Bodrugan

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX01534350

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