What is recorded here
On a S-facing slope, c. 50m N of the River Tar, in gently undulating pasture. Indicated as a 'Castle' on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a 'Castle (site of)' on the 1904-05 edition. The monument is referred to in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'an old castle within an old Bawne' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 334). There is no visible remains of the bawn or castle (TS088-029001-) at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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