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Brackley Castle
In the civil parish of Brackley.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
The earthwork remains of Brackley castle, comprising a motte mound 3m high and approximately 40m in diameter with an outer bailey to the east. Archaeological excavation has revealed evidence of a ditch defining the perimeter of the bailey. Two fishponds originally lay outside the ditch but have subsequently been infilled. Brackley Castle was constructed soon after 1086 and may have gone out of use in 1147. Destroyed by Henry III 1173. The site was later granted to the Hospital of St John.
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.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP58193646
PastScape number;
338972
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p72
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p319
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Journal Articles
- Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1983, ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1982' Medieval Archaeology Vol27 p197
1983, Northamptonshire Archaeology Vol18 p176
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]
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p236, 330, 333
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol2 p36; Vol5 p224
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