Crewkerne Castle

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Possible earthworks from Crewkerne Castle

Crewkerne Castle (also Castle Hill or Croft Castle ) is an abandoned castle northwest of the town of Crewkerne in the English county of Somerset . A moth probably once stood here .

history

The ruins of Crewkerne Castle is a 140 meter high elevation that has been referred to as the location of a former castle since 1839 at the latest. Archaeological and geophysical studies have uncovered a moat around the summit with a square of masonry inside; fragments of clay dishes from the 12th century have also been found here. One theory assigns the finds to a Norman moth, another to a 13th century mansion . Or it could have been a local folly .

The manor was given to Richard de Redvers as a fief in 1107 by King Henry I and it is believed that his son, Baldwin , built a first building on the hill. In 1150 the Bishop of Salisbury received the knightly services associated with the castle.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Croft Castle, Castle Hill, West Crewkerne . In: Somerset Historic Environment Record . Somerset County Council. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / webapp1.somerset.gov.uk
  2. ↑ a b c Croft Castle crew cores . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Miranda Richardson: An archaeological assessment of Crewkerne . In: English Heritage Extensive Urban Survey . Somerset County Council. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.somerset.gov.uk
  4. ^ Robert Dunning: Somerset Castles . Somerset Books, Tiverton 1995. ISBN 978-0-86183-278-1 . Pp. 35-37.

literature

  • Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles, Newton Abbott 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 34.4 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 33.6"  W.