Bytham Castle
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| Bytham Castle | |
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Lincolnshire | |
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.jpg) Bytham Castle from the air | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK992186 |
| Location: | 52°45’21"N, -0°31’54"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Earthworks |
Bytham Castle, of which only the earthworks remain, stood by in the village of Castle Bytham in Lincolnshire.
The castle is thought to be of early Norman origin.[1][2] The earthworks, on a hill above the village, are visible but nothing of the stonework is above ground.
There is no public access to the monument.[3]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bytham Castle) |
References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 325283 – Bytham Castle
- ↑ National Heritage List 1014681: Castle Bytham Castle, associated town defences and ponds (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ "Castle Bytham Parish Council". http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/CastleBytham/section.asp?catId=25586.
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
- Wild, Rev. John (1871). The History of Castle Bytham: Its Ancient Fortress and Manor, Its Feudal Lords, Vaudy Abbey, Etc.. Henry Johnson. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_history_of_Castle_Bytham.html?id=IlgQAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 10 September 2013.