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Long Buckby
In the civil parish of Long Buckby.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
Ring motte and baileys. A trial excavation in 1955 revealed a shallow ditch or an enclosure of uncertain shape, possibly of pre-conquest or early post conquest date, which was superseded by a wall and subsequently by a bank with a deep ditch on the outside. The main motte was created in the mid C12 and may have been constructed by the de Quincy family who held the manor until 1264.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry 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 SP62546755
PastScape number;
341695
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p77
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p169 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p316
RCHME, 1981, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northampton Vol3, North-west Notthamptonshire (HMSO) p133-5
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Downman, E.A., 1906, in Serjeantson, R.M., Ryland, W. and Adkins, D. (eds), VCH Northampton Vol2 p408-9
Serjeantson, R.M., Ryland, W. and Adkins, D. (eds), 1902, VCH Northampton Vol1 p379
Bridges, John, 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northampshire (Oxford) Vol1 p544 [very slight]
Journal Articles
- King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127
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]
Thompson, M.W., 1955-59, ‘Trial excavation on the west bailey of a ring motte and bailey at Long Buckby, Northants’, Journal of the Northamptonshire NaturaI History Society and Field Club Vol33 p55-66
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