Liskeard

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

Possible castle mentioned by William Worcs. Leland writes 'There was a Castel on an Hiile in the Toun side by North from St. Martin. It is now all in Ruine, Fragments and Peaces of waulles yet stond... The Castell was the Erles of Cornwall. It is now used somtym for a pound for Cattell.' PastScape record states 'Site of a medieval castle or fortified manor built originally in 1337 and rebuilt in 1361. The site is now a park and playground and there are no extant remains.' The king's surveys report the wall surrounding the manor house as ruinous in 1337, repairs were made in 1341-2 and 1361 (The little hall was rebuilt, not the castle!). Higham put this in his list of castles built prior to 1300.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX25366460

PastScape number; 435054

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p6
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
Spreadbury, I. D., 1984, Castles in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Redruth)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p77
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p980
Elliot-Binns, 1955, Medieval Cornwall (London) p43
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England Vol2 p7

Journal Articles

Passmore, P.A.S., 1961-7, Old Cornwall Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Vol6 p436

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

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/cornwalleng.html#cornwall1]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p81
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p208
Harvey, J., 1969, William of Worcester Itinerarii p21

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Liskeard

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX25366460

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