Castle Tump (Gloucestershire)

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Castle Tump today: The moth in the background, behind the hedge.

Castle Tump was a castle in the village of Dymock in the English county of Gloucestershire .

The castle was built as a motte either in the 11th century or - more likely - in the early 12th century. Today the moth is 14 meters high and there are traces of a curtain wall on its southeast slope .

During the anarchy , William de Braose , the son-in-law of the powerful Miles de Gloucester , received the castle. After the end of the conflict, the castle is believed to have been demolished at King Henry II's orders as part of a major demolition program for castles in Gloucestershire in the 1150s.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monument No. 113377 . Historic England. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Plantagenet Somerset Fry: Castles: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland: the Definitive Guide to the Most Impressive Buildings and Intriguing Sites . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 2008, ISBN 978-0-7153-2692-3 , pp. 44 (English, 256 p., Limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Derek Frank Renn: Norman castles in Britain . Baker, London 1968. p. 180. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Emilie Amt: The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149-1159 . Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1993, ISBN 0-85115-348-8 , pp. 44 (English, 232 p., Limited preview in Google Book Search).

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 42 "  N , 2 ° 25 ′ 16"  W.