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Plymouth Castle Quadrate
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; The Barbican
In the civil parish of Plymouth.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Plymouth; City of, 1974 county of Devon).
Started circa 1399 with further additions of circa 1416. It was restored in 1508 but gradually demolished after the Civil War. Only the remains of a gateway in Lambhay Street are now visible. Remains of the gatehouse of the "South Port". Probably C14 or C15. Rubble wall about 3m high, built on bedrock. Short length of very thick wall with central semicircular on plan truncated projection which is the remains of the right-hand flanking turret of the west gatehouse.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number )
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX48285395
PastScape number;
437578
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p76
Pye, Andrew and Woodward, Freddy, 1996, The historic defences of Plymouth (Exeter: Exeter Archaeology Fortress Study Group South West) p130
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p64 [slight]
Mildren, James, 1987, Castles of Devon (Bossiney Books) p82-4
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p118
Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1975, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) p484-5
Bracken, 1931, History of Plymouth (Plymouth) p45-6
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p102
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p37
Worth, R.N., 1890, History of Plymouth
- Journal Articles
- Higham, R.A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p142-9
1988, Fort Vol16 p47-8
Worth, R.N., 1883, 'The Ancient Castle of Plymouth' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol39 p255-8, plan facing 404
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p110
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p214
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