Miserden Castle
| Miserden Castle | ||
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 Moat and Mound |
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| Creation time : | before 1146 | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Miserden, Gloucestershire | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 46 '54.8 " N , 2 ° 4' 57.2" W | |
| Height: | 178 m ASL | |
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Miserden Castle is a ruined castle near the village Miserden in the English county of Gloucestershire .
The castle was designed as a large, Norman moth and was built before 1146 for Robert Musard , after whose family the village is named. The castle lay over the River Frome and consisted of a large donjon protected by a stone wall and a moat . The castle ruins sit on a rocky outcrop, and the north side of the castle was believed to have been flooded by the river, creating a moat that further strengthened the extensive defenses.
Robert Musard was killed and the castle taken by Philip of Gloucester by forces assisting King Stephen during the Anarchy Civil War . But the castle remained until at least the 13th century.
Some earthworks and wall remains have been preserved to this day.
Web links
- Miserden Castle on GeoNames.org
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell & Brewer , Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-782-3 , pp. 80 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 12, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Misarden Park Motte and Bailey Castle . Pastscape. Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ 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, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 12, 2017]).