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Name:POSSIBLE MEDIEVAL CASTLE AT CAISTOR
HER Number:50492
Type of record:Monument

Summary

POSSIBLE MEDIEVAL CASTLE AT CAISTOR

Parish:CAISTOR, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

IN JUNE 1143 KING STEPHEN FORTIFIED HIS CASTLE AT CASITOR AND IT STOOD A SIEGE. WHETHER THIS REFERS ONLY TO A REFURBISHMENT OF THE ROMAN WALLED ENCLOSURE, OR TO A FORTIFICATION ON CASTLE HILL THAT MIGHT USED THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE ENCLOSURE AS A BAILEY, IS NOT KNOWN, BUT THE LATTER MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE ALIGNMENT OF THE WEST END OF CHURCH STREET. {1}

Monument Types

  • CASTLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Bibliographic reference: Everson, P.L., Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J.. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. P VII, 48;ARCHIVE NOTES
<2>Bibliographic reference: RENN, D.F.. 1973. NORMAN CASTLES IN BRITAIN. P 353 2ND EDITION