Dunham Castle

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Dunham Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Dunham Massey in the English county of Cheshire .

history

The castle is first mentioned in a document in 1173. The document says that Hamon de Massey ( Hamo de Masci ) owned the castles of Dunham Castle and Ullerwood Castle . There is also documentary evidence that the castle still stood in 1323. However, it was abandoned between 1323 and 1362.

Dunham Castle is often confused with Watch Hill Castle , a similar facility in the area, both believed to be owned by De Massey.

Dunham Castle was considered a Scheduled Monument but has been removed from the list.

construction

The moth presumably stood on a mound near what is now Dunham Massey Hall . It has a diameter of 24 meters and is still 2 meters high today. The property was surrounded by a moat that was later transformed into an ornamental lake.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dunham Massey; The Mount . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Mike Nevell: The Archeology of Trafford . Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Trafford 1997. ISBN 1-870695-25-9 . P. 33.
  3. ↑ Monument No. 74865 . Historic England. Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 57.9 "  N , 2 ° 23 ′ 58.5"  W.