Eastleigh Berrys

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; East Leigh Berrys

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

Remains of a possible unfinished motte and two baileys. There are three enclosures. The first enclosure, on the north east is the largest and is about 0.3 hectares in extent. It is surrounded by a flattened bank 7m wide and 0.7m high, with an outer ditch 8m wide and 0.3m deep. The central enclosure is 0.14 hectares in extent. It has a bank 5m wide and 0.4m high. This second enclosure and the third seem to have been constructed as a whole. The south west enclosure is roughly circular and 50m in diameter It has a flattened dome profile up to 1.7m high. There is an outer ditch 8m wide and 0.5m deep. It is possible the castle was never completed or thoroughly slighted.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS24450673

PastScape number; 31876

Books

Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p47 [slight]
Page, Wm (ed), 1906, VCH Cornwall Vol1 p467

Journal Articles

Peter, O.B., 1902, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol15 p113

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Eastleigh Berrys

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS24450673

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