Penstowe Castle

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Mound of Penstowe Castle

Penstowe Castle , also Kilkhampton Castle , is a ruined castle near the village of Kilkhampton in the English county of Cornwall . The castle was believed to have been built between the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and the end of the Anarchy Civil War in 1154.

history

Penstowe Castle floor plan

The exact construction time of Penstowe Castle is unknown, but it is believed that it was built sometime between the mid-11th and mid-12th centuries. Either Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester , who was proven to be the main tenant of the Kilkhampton manor, or one of his tenants and relatives of the Granville family , possibly Sir Richard I. de Granville († after 1142) from Neath Castle in Glamorgan , had it built the manor of Kilkhampton and the manor of Bideford in Devon had leased from the Honor of Gloucester . Stowe House was Granville's residence in Kilkhampton, which was demolished in 1679 by John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath , (1628-1701) and rebuilt in grand form.

Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1925 and the early 1950s. In the 21st century, the site is considered a Scheduled Monument .

description

Penstowe Castle was a moth that was built on a mound of earth and was protected by steep slopes on the north and south sides. The mound is now oval in shape, 18 meters by 8 meters, and between 6 and 9 meters high. The main castle measures 30 meters × 25 meters, the outer castle 24 meters × 20 meters. The configuration of the castle courtyards is unusual, but resembles that of the nearby Eastleigh Berries Castle . A D-shaped building sat on top of the mound.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Cornwall & Scilly HER . Heritage Gateway. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c Motte and bailey castle, 900m ESE of Burridge Farm . Historic England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. 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 August 5, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / list.english-heritage.org.uk
  3. ^ Anne Preston-Jones, Peter Rose: Medieval Cornwall in Cornish Archeology . No. 25 (1986). P. 172.

Web links

Commons : Penstowe Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 37 "  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 57.5"  W.