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Summary

A norman castle, wooden buildings within double entrenchments and a palisade stands upon castle hill (adams). There is a local tradition for a castle at bradninch, and the place-name castle hill was surrounded by a number of 'castle' field names on the tithe map. There are no physical remains, and no known primary documentary refences, though it would have been unusual for bradninch not to have had a castle given its status in the medieval period (higham).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SE/30

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CASTLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1907.

A norman castle, wooden buildings within double entrenchments and a palisade stands upon castle hill (adams). There is a local tradition for a castle at bradninch, and the place-name castle hill was surrounded by a number of 'castle' field names on the tithe map. There are no physical remains, and no known primary documentary refences, though it would have been unusual for bradninch not to have had a castle given its status in the medieval period (higham).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV38693.

Adams, j. S. A. M. + windeatt, e. + tapley-soper, h. /dcnq/6(1910-1911)34/ the new parish room,bradninch.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV38694.

Higham, r. A. /the castles of medieval devon/(1979)109/fig 16/phd thesis, exeter university.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV38695.

Higham, r. A. /46(1988)146/devon castles:an annotated list.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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