Rochdale Castle

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Rochdale Castle

Lancashire

Type: Motte-and-bailey castle
Location
Grid reference: SD89121286
Location: 53°36’43"N, 2°9’52"W
Town: Rochdale
History
Information
Condition: Bare earthworks visible

Rochdale Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Rochdale in Lancashire,[1] built in the period shortly after the Norman Conquest.[2]

The motte is 100 feet at the base; the bailey is rectangular and lies to the south and measures 120 feet by 100 feet.[1] The defences consisted of an earth rampart and ditch.

The castle was abandoned in the early 13th century.[1] It was documented in 1322.[3] Buildings have been erected over the castle bailey and in the 19th century a house was built on the motte.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Monuments Record: No. 45159 – Rochdale Castle
  2. "Rochdale Castle". The Gatehouse - the comprehensive gazetteer of the mediæval fortifications and castles of England and Wales. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3023.html. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
  3. Cathcart King (1983), p. 247.
  4. Newman (2006), p. 140.
  • Cathcart King, David J. (1983). Catellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume I: Anglesey–Montgomery. Kraus International Publications. 
  • Newman, Caron (2006). "Mediæval Period Resource Assessment". Archaeology North West 8: 115–144. SSN 0962-4201.