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Stogursey Castle

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Stogursey Castle
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Stogursey Castle began as a Norman ringwork near the Parrett, grew into a moated stone fortress for the de Curci family, and survived as a small cottage that still contains mediaeval gate-tower fabric. The Landmark Trust bought it in 1981 and completed its main restoration in 1984, preserving a place where military pride, marsh water and domestic ingenuity all left their marks.
The National Heritage List for England records Stogursey 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.
Stogursey Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Stogursey family, a prominent local landowning family in Somerset. It is remembered as an example of a medieval moated manor house and is significant for its historical association with the region's feudal past.

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