Owston Ferry Castle
| Owston Ferry Castle | |
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Lincolnshire | |
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 Owston Ferry Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE806002 |
| Location: | 53°29’32"N, -0°47’12"W |
| Village: | Owston Ferry |
| History | |
| Built c. 1070 / 1174 | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | ruin |
Owston Ferry Castle (also known as Kinnard's Ferry Castle) was in the village of Owston Ferry in Lincolnshire, seven and a half miles north of Gainsborough.
It is thought that the original castle on this site was erected soon after the Norman Conquest but that it was dismantled in 1095. It was rebuilt in 1173 by Roger de Mowbray to support Prince Henry in the conflict with his father King Henry II, who subsequently had the castle destroyed.[1]
The site of the motte remains as a broad grassy mound. The surrounding area is now a local nature reserve.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Owston Ferry Castle". Gatehouse website. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2013.html. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Owston Ferry Castle Nature Reserve". North Lincolnshire Council. http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/managementprojects/owstonferrycastlelocalnaturereserve/. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ "Owston Ferry Castle". Natural England. http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=owston&ID=1151.
- ↑ "Map of Owston Ferry Castle". Natural England. http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271123056%27.
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. David & Charles. p. 249. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.