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Truro Castle Hill
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Truer
In the civil parish of Truro.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).
Site of an adulterine castle of probable C12 date, attributed eirther to the Count of Mortain, or built as an adulterine castle in the Anarchy. The site was levelled in 1840 for the construction of a cattle market, whereupon the footings of shell keep with forebuilding were revealed. Subsequently, the area has been further developed, during which a watching brief was carried out, although no masonry or other material relative to the castle were found. No remains.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
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 SW823450
PastScape number;
428730
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
Spreadbury, I. D., 1984, Castles in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Redruth)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p77
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p20
Lysons, D. and S., 1814, Magna Britannia Vol3 Cornwall p311 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=403]
Clark, G.T., 1884, Medieval Military Architecture in England (Wyman and Sons) Vol1 p141
Journal Articles
- Whitley, H.M., 1924-5, Devon and Cornwall notes and queries Vol13 p4
Treloar, 1840, Royal Institute of Cornwall 31st report p31 plate iii
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p73
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p198
Harvey, J., 1969, William of Worcester Itinerarii p20
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