Thurleigh Castle

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Thurleigh Castle , also called Bury Hills , is an abandoned castle in the parish of Thurleigh in the English county of Bedfordshire .

Details

The ruin, which is now a Scheduled Monument , is described as Bury Hill Camp , a moth with three fish ponds. The mound is notable as it has two levels at the top, and the outer bailey is unusual in shape and particularly large.

The mound is made of earth, has an oval floor plan, is 60 meters long and 40 meters wide at the base and 40 meters long and 20 meters wide at the top. The higher summit area is in the northeast and probably supported the fortress. South of the mound is the outer bailey with an irregular shape and a footprint of 200 meters 270 meters.

Excavations in the 1970s found few remains of the Norman castle, but the findings suggest that the site was inhabited during the Iron Age , Roman occupation, and Anglo-Saxon times. It has been postulated that Thurleigh Castle was the easternmost of a series of defensive structures on the upper reaches of the River Great Ouse . The range extends to Odell . The construction of the castle is attributed to King Stephen (1135–1154). Most of the site has since been altered and its classification as a Scheduled Monument mainly refers to the subsurface. Today only earthworks remain from the castle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bury Hill Camp: a motte and bailey castle with three fishponds . Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 49.7 "  N , 0 ° 27 ′ 42.1"  W.