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Summary

An antiquarian source claims that a platform of a castle of the Mowbrays was visible at Haxey, c.1700.

Monument Types

• CASTLE? (MED, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1154 AD)

Protected Status - None

Associated Finds - None

Associated Events - None

Full description

'The chief Town in (Axholme)… is Axey, or as it was formerly called Axel…It hardly deserves the Name of a Town, because it has so few Inhabitants. Nevertheless there is to be seen the Platform of a Castle, which was demolished in the Barons Wars, and belonged to the Mowbreys, who had great part of the Island in their Posession…' [1]

Note that it is unclear whether the supposed Mowbray castle at Haxey mentioned in ref. 1 (above) is a confusion with the motte and bailey castle at Owston Ferry. A later paragraph in the same document gives an account of Roger de Mowbray's rebellion against Henry II in 1173, and the repairing of the 'Castle of Kinafare…near Kinard Ferry'. This implies that there were two 12th century castles controlled by Mowbrays, located within 4km of each other. The destruction of the Haxey castle is linked to the 'Barons Wars' which took place between 1135 and 1154, some time before the rebellion of 1173. If there was another defended site at Haxey, its location in unknown, and it has not been mentioned by any other antiquarian source. The Mowbray manor house at Vinegarth, Epworth (SMR 2447) has also been referred to as a castle. [2]

<1> Thomas Cox, 1700, A Topographical, Ecclesiastical, and Natural History of Lincolnshire, 1430-1431 (BOOK). SLS3910.

<2> M Hemblade, 2009, Supposed Mowbray castle at Haxey (PERSONAL OBSERVATION). SLS3911.

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