What is recorded here

Barnwell Castle stood in North Northamptonshire from 1266 until demolition around 1540, when its oblong walls, corner towers and gatehouse stopped belonging to a lord and began belonging to memory. Berenger Le Moyne built it with thick limestone, vaulted chambers and spiral staircases, yet people later stripped its facing stone and turned the courtyard into a farmyard. The towers may have echoed with footsteps, arguments or the knock of hooves; that much is not written, but it fits the shape of the place. What remains is a scheduled monument, not a warning against imagination.

The National Heritage List for England records Barnwell Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Barnwell Castle was built in the 12th century by the de Warenne family, who were powerful Norman lords in England. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and for its strategic role in the region during the Norman period.

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