Cymbeline's Castle
Cymbeline's Castle , also Cymbeline's Mound or Belinus s' Castle is one Outbound castle in the woods north of the village Great Kimble in the English county of Buckinghamshire . It is considered a Scheduled Monument .
The mound of the former moth has a diameter of about 42 meters and is surrounded on three sides by a ditch . Outside this ditch are two more courtyards. Clay fragments from the 13th to 15th centuries were found in the castle courtyards. Finds from the Iron Age and from the time of the Roman occupation of Britain have been excavated east of the ruins. A little to the west of the site are the remains of another moth, as well as an enclosure with a moat and a Roman villa .
The castle's name connects it with the island Celtic king Cunobelinus (Cymbeline), even if this is an idea from Victorian times . (There is also a theory that the nearby villages of Great Kimble , Little Kimble, and Kimble Wick were named after Cymbeline, but this has been disproved as "Kimble" is more of a description of the hill than a name.)
A local legend says that if you walk around the mound seven times , the devil appears.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Cymbeline's Castle: a motte and bailey castle 550m south west of Ellesborough church . In: Historic England . English Heritage. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ Motte and bailey castle, moated site and Roman villa immediately east of All Saint's Church . In: National Heritage List . English Heritage. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, AD Mills, Adrian Room: The Oxford Names Companion . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002.
- ^ Ray Quinlan: The Greater Ridgeway . Pp. 150-151. 2003. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 59.6 " N , 0 ° 47 ′ 43.8" W.