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King Johns Castle, Kineton
In the civil parish of Kineton.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).
The earthwork and buried remains of King John's Castle, a motte and bailey castle. It is thought that Richard I granted Kineton to his brother John in the late C12 who in turn granted it to Stephen de Seagrave in circa 1216. The motte is located at the south eastern end of the bailey and has been artificially raised. The flat-topped mound has a diameter of 44m at its base and stands some 2m high. It is surrounded by a ditch which separates the motte from the bailey. Most of its circuit has become infilled over time, but the ditch will survive as a buried feature. The bailey has a 'D'-shaped plan and is thought to have originally been bounded by a bank, which remains visible in places as a low, intermittent earthwork. Until recent years the bailey was occupied by allotments and now takes the form of a raised, levelled area with the ground falling away gradually beyond.
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 SP32805095
PastScape number;
335431
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1183
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p38
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p483
Willoughby Gardner, 1904, in Doubleday, H.A. and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Warwickshire Vol1 p382-3
- Journal Articles
- Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol67 p11-12
Whitley, 1883, The Builder Vol65 p580
- Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Baker, H.D., 1987, Warwickshire Monument Evaluation and Presentation Project
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