Fillongley Castle Hills

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Old Fillongley

In the civil parish of Fillongley.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Medieval ringwork and bailey visible as earthworks. The castle is nearly oval in form and situated on low-lying ground. Its defences consisted of a strong rampart running round a raised internal plateau with a deep ditch beyond. The ditch was probably once filled with water from the stream which still runs through it on the south west side. A circular mound rising 3.6m to 6m high out of a surrounding ditch, 0.9 to 1.8m below ground level outside ditch. Top of mound comprises a bank 0.9 to 2.4m above level top (slight hollow). Signs of entrance NNW and SSW. Lowest part with little visible ditch on W side along stream.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP28518776

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 334030

Web site links

http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA321
http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/140/fillongley1.html

Books

Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p46
Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p28
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p482
Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1947, VCH Warwickshire: Vol4 p69-71
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Willoughby Gardner, 1904, in Doubleday, H.A. and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Warwickshire Vol1 p375

Journal Articles

King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127
Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12
Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol67 p22-3
Clark, G.T., 1883, The Builder Vol44 p241-2
Burgess, 1872, Birmingham and Midlands Institute Archaeology Section p88 and plate [of little value]

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