What is recorded here

Castle stood thirty yards north of the medieval church on a ridge above the River Nore, watching the crossing until men threw it down around 1800. They built the Rectory directly on the castle remains, forcing the new home to dig into the old bones. The lower storey still forms the Rectory cellars, trapping the castle inside the living house.

On a prominent E-W ridge running along the S bank of the River Nore. The slight elevation gives a commanding view across the Nore valley in all directions and over a crossing point of the river. Carrigan (ibid. 268) refers to a castle which, 'stood 30 or 40 yards to the north [of the medieval church KK014-025003-], till it was thrown down 90 or 100 years ago [c. 1800], and the present Rectory house erected on the site. According to Gibb (1948, 26), the lower storey of the castle forms the cellars of the Rectory. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 May 2020

Built by William Marshall in the early 13th century, Threecastles was strategically important for controlling the River Nore valley and its crossing points, reflecting its role in medieval military and administrative functions.

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