Bury Castle, Brompton Regis
| Bury Castle | |
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| Brompton Regis, Somerset, England | |
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The site of Bury Castle (to the right of the road) | |
  Bury Castle | |
| Coordinates | grid reference SS938269 |
| Type | Hillfort and later motte and bailey castle |
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Bury Castle near Brompton Regis in the English county of Somerset was an Iron Age univallate hillfort which was reused with the creation of a motte after the Norman Conquest. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.[1]
Iron Age fort
It is an oval enclosure just above the confluence of the River Haddeo and River Exe.[1] It is approximately 120 yards (110 m) long and 80 yards (73 m) wide.[2]
Medieval period
In the late 1130s, a civil war, known as the Anarchy, broke out in England between the supporters of King Stephen and the Empress Matilda. A motte and bailey castle was built on the Bury Castle side, probably by William de Say.[3] In 1198 Richard I confirmed that Brompton should be part of the inheritance of Matilda.[4]
The motte measures 23 metres (75 ft) and was placed on the southern tip of the promontory, with the bailey beyond around 60 metres (197 ft) across.[3][5]
References
- 1 2 "Bury Castle". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "MSO8841 - Bury Castle, Brompton Regis". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- 1 2 Bury Castle, Brompton Regis, Gatehouse website, accessed 16 July 2011.
- ↑ Dunning, Robert (1995). Somerset Castles. Tiverton: Somerset Books. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-86183-278-1.
- ↑ Creighton, O.H. (2005), Castles and Landscapes: Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England., Equinox, p. 39, ISBN 978-1-904768-67-8