Bourne Castle
| Bourne Castle | |
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Lincolnshire | |
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.jpg) The remains of Bourne Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF095199 |
| Location: | 52°45’56"N, 0°22’43"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Earthworks remain |
| Owned by: | Bourne United Charities |
Bourne Castle was a mediæval castle which stood in Bourne, a small market town in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. Its remains can be seen in Well Head Park in the town.
A Norman castle was built by Baldwin FitzGilbert (son of Gilbert Fitz Richard, of the De Clare family). In the Middle Ages the castle had been developed into or replaced by a motte and double bailey castle which formed an unusual concentric plan. It stood until the Civil War.
In 1645, Oliver Cromwell's forces occupied Bourne Castle. It was destroyed after this and a farmhouse was built on the site. Traces of the enclosed mound and inner and outer moats are all that now survive.[1]
The land is now a park, known as the Well Head, owned by the Bourne United Charities and is open to the public.
Bourne Eau, a stream running through the town, was diverted to form the moats of the Castle.
Shippon Barn is supposedly built with material taken from the castle. It has distinctive "arrow slit" windows.[2]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1005023: Bourne Castle (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1241937: Shippon Barn (Grade II listing)
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.
- Armitage, E S (1912). Early Norman Castles. pp. 107–8. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028012379.
- Cope-Faulkner, Paul (April 2002). Archaeological Watching Brief During Pipeline Trenching at Bourne Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire (BCD 01). Report No. 85/02. Archaeological Project Services.