Brimpsfield Castle
Brimpsfield Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brimpsfield between the towns of Gloucester and Cirencester in the English county of Gloucestershire .
The first castle on this site was probably built after the Norman conquest of England . Later, in the 12th or 13th century, it was replaced by a stone castle.
Its owner, John Giffard, 2nd Baron Giffard , rebelled against King Edward II and was executed in 1332. The castle was then razed .
Today a mound with an outer wall and moat and the foundations of a gatehouse can still be seen on the property .
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- Brimpsfield Castle . ecastles.co.uk.
- Brimpsfield Castle . Gatehouse Gazetteer.
- Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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Coordinates: 51 ° 48 '50 " N , 2 ° 5' 10" W.