Rushton

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Gaultney; Galclint

In the civil parish of Rushton.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).

According to John of Hexham, there was a castle and treasure-house of William d'Albibi at Galclint (Gaultney) which was captured by Count Alan of Britanny in 1140. In 1141, Alan had been captured by the Earl of Chester, who starved him into surrendering the castle. The location has been identified from the English Place Name Society. The position is in a wooded area covered in opencast workings which could have engulfed any evidence of a castle. Possible motte in Gaultney Wood identified by Renn as possibly the castle. King just writes Gaultney is vanished. Salter writes area completely altered by opencast mining though this is not apparent from maps and area certainly mainly unchanged since 1891. Area isolated from settlement. No record of DMV in area.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP823840

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

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