Culverhay Castle | |
Location: | Englishcombe, Somerset |
Map Type: | Somerset |
Map Size: | 200 |
Type: | Ringwork |
Coordinates: | 51.3663°N -2.405°W |
Culverhay Castle, also known as Englishcombe Castle, was a castle in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset, England.
Culverhay Castle was built in a ringwork design in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset.[1] The ringwork ditch and bank, up to deep, is to the east of the village church.[1] During the first half of the 13th century a stone circular keep and low curtain wall was built at the castle, along with one or two other stone buildings within the ringwork.[1] A medieval deer park may have been attached to the castle.[1]
Estimates of the date of the original building range from the late 11th century to the early 13th century.[2]
The castle site was excavated by archaeologist Nigel Pounds in 1938, and today is a scheduled monument.